Gbah Surname
Approximately 8,682 people bear this surname
Gbah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 4,747 | 1:4,860 | 442 |
| Liberia | 3,891 | 1:1,133 | 153 |
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| Mauritania | 5 | 1:818,973 | 23,459 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gbaha | 89 | 1,025 | / |
| G'Bah | 89 | 43 | / |
| Gbaah | 89 | 39 | / |
| Gbaih | 89 | 14 | / |
| Gbahy | 89 | 5 | / |
| Gbath | 89 | 1 | / |
| Gbahu | 89 | 1 | / |
| Gbadh | 89 | 1 | / |
| Gba | 86 | 12,244 | / |
| Ngbeah | 80 | 28 | / |
| Ghbash | 80 | 15 | / |
| Gbahay | 80 | 5 | / |
| Gbahah | 80 | 2 | / |
| Gbahii | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gbaa | 75 | 2,048 | / |
| Gbai | 75 | 1,749 | / |
| Gbea | 75 | 1,169 | / |
| Gboh | 75 | 1,014 | / |
| Ngba | 75 | 740 | / |
| Gbau | 75 | 333 | / |
| Gboa | 75 | 330 | / |
| Gbay | 75 | 142 | / |
| Gbaï | 75 | 78 | / |
| Gbaî | 75 | 20 | / |
| Gbha | 75 | 11 | / |
| G'Ba | 75 | 9 | / |
| Ghba | 75 | 6 | / |
| Gbad | 75 | 6 | / |
| Gbas | 75 | 5 | / |
| Gbaz | 75 | 3 | / |
| Gbat | 75 | 3 | / |
| Kgba | 75 | 2 | / |
| Hgba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Gbga | 75 | 1 | / |
| Cgba | 75 | 1 | / |
| Qbah | 75 | 1 | / |
| Geegbah | 73 | 38 | / |
| Geebeah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngbea | 67 | 1,100 | / |
| N'Gba | 67 | 139 | / |
| Ngbau | 67 | 110 | / |
| Ghbas | 67 | 50 | / |
| Ngbaa | 67 | 49 | / |
| Ngbai | 67 | 40 | / |
| Gbais | 67 | 25 | / |
| Gbouh | 67 | 23 | / |
| Geeba | 67 | 17 | / |
| Gbeuh | 67 | 12 | / |
| Gbosh | 67 | 9 | / |
| Gbooh | 67 | 9 | / |
| Gbaai | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ggbai | 67 | 4 | / |
| Gbeih | 67 | 3 | / |
| Geegbeah | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kbaha | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gbohu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gbhas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nkgba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gboth | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gboyh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gbohh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gbeae | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gbêha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nngba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngbay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Qgbha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gbatt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gnpah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gbohy | 67 | 1 | / |
Gbah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gbah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻛﺒﺢ | akbh | 66.67 |
| ﺍﻗﺒﺎﺡ | aqbah | 33.33 |
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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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