Gbalai Surname
Approximately 89 people bear this surname
Gbalai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 83 | 1:53,115 | 4,716 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Gbalai (14) may also be a first name.
Gbalai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gbalai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gbalai is held by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gbalai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,980,395th most common family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 81,882,538 people. Gbalai occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Gbalai are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. Gbalai is also the 3,024,661st most prevalent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 14 people.
This surname is most widely held in Liberia, where it is borne by 83 people, or 1 in 53,115. In Liberia it is primarily concentrated in: Bong County, where 49 percent live, Gbarpolu County, where 34 percent live and Montserrado County, where 10 percent live. Not including Liberia this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 6 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Gbalai
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