Gbakan Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Gbakan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 41 | 1:4,320,555 | 118,938 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Gbakan (20) may also be a first name.
Gbakan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gbakan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gbakan is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gbakan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gbakan is the 2,944,094th most widespread last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gbakan are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most widely held given name globally, borne by 20 people.
This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 41 people, or 1 in 4,320,555. In Nigeria Gbakan is most common in: Benue, where 59 percent reside, Nasarawa, where 24 percent reside and Lagos, where 17 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 2 percent reside and Cameroon, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gbakaan | 92 | 1,411 | / |
| Gbaakan | 92 | 6 | / |
| Gbakane | 92 | 2 | / |
| Gbaukan | 92 | 1 | / |
| Gbakhan | 92 | 1 | / |
| Gbaakaan | 86 | 12 | / |
| Gbakagne | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gbakaane | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gbekan | 83 | 704 | / |
| Gbakon | 83 | 313 | / |
| Gbokan | 83 | 13 | / |
| Gbekaan | 77 | 79 | / |
| Gbokain | 77 | 45 | / |
| Gbaakon | 77 | 20 | / |
| Gbeikan | 77 | 8 | / |
| Gbakaam | 77 | 6 | / |
| Gbakoon | 77 | 5 | / |
| Gbeekan | 77 | 3 | / |
| Gbatkam | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ngbakon | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gbekanh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gbahakon | 71 | 4 | / |
| N'Gbakon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gbeakoun | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gbekon | 67 | 7 | / |
| Gbokon | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gbecan | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gbacon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gbeikon | 62 | 6 | / |
| Gboquan | 62 | 6 | / |
| Gbakoum | 62 | 2 | / |
| Gbokoun | 62 | 2 | / |
| Gbokaam | 62 | 1 | / |
| Gbaikom | 62 | 1 | / |
| Gbahcon | 62 | 1 | / |
| N'Gbokon | 57 | 1 | / |
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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 Gbakan
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