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
Gbalai is found most in Liberia. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gbalai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,980,395th most frequently held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 81,882,538 people. The surname 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. It is also the 3,024,661st most common first name throughout the world, borne by 14 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Liberia, where it is carried by 83 people, or 1 in 53,115. In Liberia Gbalai is primarily found in: Bong County, where 49 percent reside, Gbarpolu County, where 34 percent reside and Montserrado County, where 10 percent reside. Apart from Liberia Gbalai occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 6 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 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
- 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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