Kuessi Surname
Approximately 274 people bear this surname
Kuessi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 227 | 1:45,531 | 5,789 |
| Cameroon | 43 | 1:483,002 | 39,429 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
Kuessi (902) may also be a first name.
Kuessi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kuessi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kuessi has its highest incidence in Benin. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kuessi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 953,750th most frequent surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 26,596,883 people. The surname Kuessi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kuessi live; 83 percent live in West Africa and 83 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kuessi is also the 270,251st most commonly used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 902 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is carried by 227 people, or 1 in 45,531. In Benin Kuessi is most numerous in: Mono Department, where 46 percent reside, Zou Department, where 26 percent reside and Kouffo Department, where 14 percent reside. Aside from Benin this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 16 percent reside and Ethiopia, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Kuessi
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