Gbafo Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Liberia

Gbafo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gbafo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Nigeria91:19,682,529291,344
Ivory Coast81:2,883,90443,419
Liberia61:734,75629,369

Gbafo (25) may also be a first name.

Gbafo Last Name Facts

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

Gbafo occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gbafo? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,746,821st most prevalent surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 145,750,918 people. The surname Gbafo is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gbafo live; 54 percent live in Central Africa and 54 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Gbafo is also the 2,136,160th most frequently held first name world-wide, borne by 25 people.

The surname Gbafo is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 2,736,280. Other than The DR Congo this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 18 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 16 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gbaffo9129/
Gbafou9126/
Gbaffou8358/
Gbaaffo832/
Ngbafou831/
Ngbaffo831/
Gbafa801,553/
Gbefo8015/
Gbofo809/
Guafo801/
N'Gbafou7710/
Gbafah73401/
Gbeffo73128/
Gbafaa7321/
Gboffo7312/
Nguafo735/
Gbofou734/
Gbaffa734/
Gbaifa732/
Gbefoh731/
Ngbofo731/
Nguaffo6717/
Ngwaffo678/
Gboffou673/
Gwaffod671/
Gwafooa671/
Ngwafuo671/
Ngwafoh671/

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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 Gbafo
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