Gbain Surname
Approximately 252 people bear this surname
Gbain Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 228 | 1:19,336 | 1,954 |
| Ivory Coast | 12 | 1:1,922,603 | 35,802 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Gbain (48) may also be a first name.
Gbain Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gbain Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gbain is borne by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gbain? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,009,375th most common family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 28,918,833 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Gbain reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. Gbain is also the 1,448,253rd most widespread forename in the world It is held by 48 people.
The last name Gbain is most frequent in Liberia, where it is carried by 228 people, or 1 in 19,336. In Liberia Gbain is most frequent in: Grand Gedeh County, where 44 percent reside, Nimba County, where 28 percent reside and Montserrado County, where 17 percent reside. Excluding Liberia this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 5 percent reside and The United States, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Gbain
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