Gabon Surname
Approximately 5,727 people bear this surname
Gabon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 4,501 | 1:22,492 | 2,930 |
| France | 628 | 1:105,769 | 15,626 |
| Kenya | 307 | 1:150,423 | 11,954 |
| Nigeria | 127 | 1:1,394,825 | 54,286 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Spain | 20 | 1:2,337,602 | 57,118 |
| Malaysia | 15 | 1:1,966,282 | 78,777 |
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| Iceland | 10 | 1:38,009 | 2,599 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Israel | 7 | 1:1,222,519 | 68,299 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 1:4,184,890 | 180,076 |
The alternate forms: Gaboń (12) are calculated separately.
Gabon (981) may also be a first name.
Gabon Demographics
Gabon Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Gabon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gabon Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gabon (Arabic: غبون, Russian: Габон) occurs more in The Philippines more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant: Gaboń. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gabon? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 84,387th most frequently used last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 1,272,489 people. The surname Gabon is mostly found in Asia, where 79 percent of Gabon live; 79 percent live in Southeast Asia and 78 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 257,229th most commonly used first name in the world. It is borne by 981 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in The Philippines, where it is borne by 4,501 people, or 1 in 22,492. In The Philippines it is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Visayas, where 28 percent reside, National Capital Region, where 18 percent reside and Central Luzon, where 13 percent reside. Not including The Philippines this last name is found in 35 countries. It also occurs in France, where 11 percent reside and Kenya, where 5 percent reside.
Gabon Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Gabon last name is principally Muslim (100%) in Kenya and Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
The amount Gabon earn in different countries varies greatly. In Colombia they earn 30.92% less than the national average, earning $15,683,500 COP per year and in Canada they earn 47.44% more than the national average, earning $73,252 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gabon Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gabon in the Russian language | ||
| Габон | gabon | - |
| Gabon in the Arabic language | ||
| غبون | ghbwn | - |
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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 Gabon
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