Gbakun Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Gbakun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 48 | 1:91,844 | 7,477 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Gbakun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gbakun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gbakun is more frequently found in Liberia than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Gbakun click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gbakun? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,776,799th most commonly used surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. The surname Gbakun is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gbakun live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.
It is most widely held in Liberia, where it is carried by 48 people, or 1 in 91,844. In Liberia Gbakun is most frequent in: Nimba County, where 96 percent are found, Grand Bassa County, where 2 percent are found and Montserrado County, where 2 percent are found. Aside from Liberia Gbakun occurs in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Gbakun
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