Gbafa Surname
Approximately 1,553 people bear this surname
Gbafa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 1,155 | 1:6,275 | 1,305 |
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Benin | 19 | 1:543,979 | 34,804 |
| Liberia | 7 | 1:629,791 | 27,063 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Gbafa (348) may also be a first name.
Gbafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gbafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gbafa occurs more in Togo more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of Gbafa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gbafa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 254,336th most common family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 4,692,560 people. The surname Gbafa occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gbafa are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gbafa is also the 467,354th most prevalent first name at a global level. It is borne by 348 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Togo, where it is held by 1,155 people, or 1 in 6,275. Excluding Togo this last name exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 22 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gbafah | 91 | 401 | / |
| Gbafaa | 91 | 21 | / |
| Gbaffa | 91 | 4 | / |
| Gbaifa | 91 | 2 | / |
| Gwafa | 80 | 758 | / |
| Gbefa | 80 | 710 | / |
| Gbafe | 80 | 70 | / |
| Gbafo | 80 | 50 | / |
| Gbofa | 80 | 9 | / |
| Guafa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gbeffa | 73 | 541 | / |
| Gbafio | 73 | 92 | / |
| Gbaffo | 73 | 29 | / |
| Gbafou | 73 | 26 | / |
| Gwaifa | 73 | 14 | / |
| Ngwafa | 73 | 9 | / |
| Gbapha | 73 | 4 | / |
| Ngbafe | 73 | 4 | / |
| Gbeifa | 73 | 3 | / |
| Ngbofa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Gbaffi | 73 | 2 | / |
| Gbofah | 73 | 2 | / |
| Gbefaa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gbaffou | 67 | 58 | / |
| Ngboufa | 67 | 47 | / |
| Ngwafah | 67 | 9 | / |
| Gbaaffo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gwafooa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gbeafio | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngbafou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngbaffo | 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 Gbafa
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