Gbadegun Surname

827,165th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 335 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Gbadegun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gbadegun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3291:538,42826,395
Liberia51:881,70733,815
England11:55,718,059489,080

Gbadegun (15) may also be a first name.

Gbadegun Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gbadegun Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Gbadegun is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Gbadegun.

How Common Is The Last Name Gbadegun? popularity and diffusion

The surname Gbadegun is the 827,165th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 21,753,868 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gbadegun reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequently held first name in the world, borne by 15 people.

It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 329 people, or 1 in 538,428. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Osun, where 33 percent live, Ondo, where 20 percent live and Ekiti, where 13 percent live. Not including Nigeria Gbadegun occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 1 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gbadegusin892/
Gbedegun887/
Gbadegon884/
Gbadekun881/
Gbedeogun82105/
Gbadoegan822/
Gbede Ogun781/
Gbedegan7520/
Gbadekon751/
Gbedekoun71178/
Ghabadgaon671/
Gabbay Degani671/

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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
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  • 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 Gbadegun
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