Gyess Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Gyess Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 28 | 1:6,326,527 | 151,186 |
| Uzbekistan | 9 | 1:3,436,571 | 32,268 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Gyess Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gyess Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gyess is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Gyess.
How Common Is The Last Name Gyess? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,141,416th most widespread family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 72 percent of Gyess reside; 72 percent reside in West Africa and 72 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 28 people, or 1 in 6,326,527. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Plateau, where 100 percent live. Apart from Nigeria Gyess occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Uzbekistan, where 23 percent live and The United States, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geiss | 80 | 5,194 | / |
| Dyess | 80 | 4,353 | / |
| Guyes | 80 | 38 | / |
| Gyest | 80 | 1 | / |
| Geisse | 73 | 533 | / |
| Hőgyes | 73 | 223 | / |
| Guiess | 73 | 141 | / |
| Dyesse | 73 | 91 | / |
| Gjesse | 73 | 84 | / |
| Gjessø | 73 | 21 | / |
| Geisst | 73 | 8 | / |
| Gyetse | 73 | 4 | / |
| Gyeast | 73 | 2 | / |
| Geis | 67 | 12,741 | / |
| Guye | 67 | 5,193 | / |
| Dyes | 67 | 593 | / |
| Guiesse | 67 | 19 | / |
| Giys | 67 | 19 | / |
| Gyeh | 67 | 6 | / |
| Dges | 67 | 4 | / |
| Guehiss | 67 | 4 | / |
| Gyey | 67 | 4 | / |
| Gyie | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gjye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dgaiyes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gíes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gyis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gyhe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Guyetts | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ghye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dihgess | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gyej | 67 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Gyess
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis