Gbahi Surname

160,614th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,714 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ivory Coast
Highest density in:
Ivory Coast

Gbahi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gbahi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ivory Coast2,5811:8,939753
DR Congo961:769,57954,223
Liberia301:146,95110,677
Benin71:1,476,51557,381

Gbahi (4,585) may also be a first name.

Gbahi Last Name Facts

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

Gbahi is more commonly found in The Ivory Coast than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Gbahi click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gbahi? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 160,614th most commonly used surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 2,685,168 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 74 percent of Gbahi are found; 70 percent are found in West Africa and 66 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gbahi is also the 101,413th most frequently occurring given name in the world. It is borne by 4,585 people.

This surname is most prevalent in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 2,581 people, or 1 in 8,939. In The Ivory Coast it is most frequent in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 27 percent are found, Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 27 percent are found and Gôh-Djiboua District, where 24 percent are found. Beside The Ivory Coast Gbahi occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 4 percent are found and Liberia, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gbahie91133/
Gbahui912/
Gbaohie837/
Gbehi802,888/
Gbahe80661/
Gbohi80253/
Gbeai801/
Gbaeh801/
Gbahé801/
Gbehie7389/
Gbaiye7382/
Gbajie7331/
Gbayie736/
Gbohui733/
Gbahoa732/
Gbahea732/
Gbahyo731/
Gbehui731/
Gboehi731/
Gbooai731/
Gbae671,434/
N'Gbahe671/
Ngbayie671/

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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 Gbahi
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