Gbah Surname

58,271st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,682 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ivory Coast
Highest density in:
Liberia

Gbah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gbah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ivory Coast4,7471:4,860442
Liberia3,8911:1,133153
Nigeria201:8,857,138186,571
Cameroon121:1,730,75692,157
Mauritania51:818,97323,459
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
France11:66,422,722504,397
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Gbah (1,683) may also be a first name.

Gbah Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gbah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻛﺒﺢ) has its highest incidence in The Ivory Coast. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gbah? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 58,271st most frequently held family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 839,386 people. The surname Gbah is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Gbah reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 45 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. Gbah is also the 187,582nd most frequent first name world-wide, held by 1,683 people.

This last name is most numerous in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 4,747 people, or 1 in 4,860. In The Ivory Coast Gbah is mostly found in: Montagnes District, where 74 percent are found, Bas-Sassandra District, where 11 percent are found and Abidjan Autonomous District, where 9 percent are found. Outside of The Ivory Coast it is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 45 percent are found and Nigeria, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gbaha891,025/
G'Bah8943/
Gbaah8939/
Gbaih8914/
Gbahy895/
Gbath891/
Gbahu891/
Gbadh891/
Gba8612,244/
Ngbeah8028/
Ghbash8015/
Gbahay805/
Gbahah802/
Gbahii801/
Gbaa752,048/
Gbai751,749/
Gbea751,169/
Gboh751,014/
Ngba75740/
Gbau75333/
Gboa75330/
Gbay75142/
Gbaï7578/
Gbaî7520/
Gbha7511/
G'Ba759/
Ghba756/
Gbad756/
Gbas755/
Gbaz753/
Gbat753/
Kgba752/
Hgba751/
Gbga751/
Cgba751/
Qbah751/
Geegbah7338/
Geebeah731/
Ngbea671,100/
N'Gba67139/
Ngbau67110/
Ghbas6750/
Ngbaa6749/
Ngbai6740/
Gbais6725/
Gbouh6723/
Geeba6717/
Gbeuh6712/
Gbosh679/
Gbooh679/
Gbaai676/
Ggbai674/
Gbeih673/
Geegbeah672/
Kbaha672/
Gbohu672/
Gbhas671/
Nkgba671/
Gboth671/
Gboyh671/
Gbohh671/
Gbeae671/
Gbêha671/
Nngba671/
Ngbay671/
Qgbha671/
Gbatt671/
Gnpah671/
Gbohy671/

Gbah Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gbah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻛﺒﺢakbh66.67
ﺍﻗﺒﺎﺡaqbah33.33

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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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  • 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 Gbah
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