Gbakwe Surname

3,665,662nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Gbakwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gbakwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Benin21:5,167,80184,334

Gbakwe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gbakwe is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Gbakwe.

How Common Is The Last Name Gbakwe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Gbakwe is the 3,665,662nd most frequently held last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. Gbakwe is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gbakwe reside; 93 percent reside in Central Africa and 93 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.

The last name is most common in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 2,736,280. Aside from The DR Congo this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Benin, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gbakweh928/
Ngbakwe922/
Gbakwee921/
Gbakwa83264/
Gbagwe8391/
Gbakue839/
Gbokwe835/
Gbekwe831/
Gbakwi831/
Gbahaikwe801/
Gbakoue77605/
Ngbokwe7713/
Gbangwe772/
Gbankue771/
Gbeakwa771/
Kgbokwe771/
Gbakuee771/
Ngbangwe711/
Gbagbe67395/
Gbakui67170/
Gbagwa6757/
Gbokwa6741/
Gbague6728/
Gbaque676/
Gbegwe671/
Gbahngweh671/

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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 Gbakwe
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