N'Guessan Surname

1,321st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 409,408 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ivory Coast
Highest density in:
Ivory Coast

N'Guessan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

N'Guessan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ivory Coast407,9961:5711
Morocco4771:72,27712,260
France3901:170,31526,499
Ghana3461:78,0947,799
Mali3231:52,5361,331
England731:763,26141,903
Canada461:800,99162,809
Belgium321:359,27039,406
Italy181:3,397,594101,426
United States161:22,653,683662,747
Switzerland141:586,63740,624
Burkina Faso111:1,668,37313,584
Benin91:1,148,40050,768
Togo91:805,3086,372
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Spain41:11,688,009116,470
Guinea41:2,958,4542,022
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Mauritania21:2,047,43230,537
Senegal21:7,289,6718,117
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Central African Republic11:4,515,3901,196
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Congo11:4,989,09634,171

N'Guessan (386,676) may also be a first name.

N'Guessan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name N'Guessan Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name N'Guessan (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻧﻜﻴﺴﺎﻥ) is held by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of N'Guessan.

How Common Is The Last Name N'Guessan? popularity and diffusion

The surname N'Guessan is the 1,321st most prevalent surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 17,800 people. N'Guessan is primarily found in Africa, where 79 percent of N'Guessan are found; 79 percent are found in West Africa and 72 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,683rd most commonly used first name on earth It is held by 386,676 people.

This last name is most numerous in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 407,996 people, or 1 in 57. In The Ivory Coast N'Guessan is most prevalent in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 17 percent reside, Bas-Sassandra District, where 16 percent reside and Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 12 percent reside. Other than The Ivory Coast N'Guessan exists in 41 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 0 percent reside and France, where 0 percent reside.

N'Guessan Last Name Statistics demography

N'Guessan earn significantly less than the average income. In Canada they earn 30.36% less than the national average, earning $34,600 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

N'Guessan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
N'Guessan in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻧﻜﻴﺴﺎﻥankysan-

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Footnotes

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