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 last name Gbalai is held by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gbalai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,980,395th most common family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 81,882,538 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Gbalai live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most commonly occurring given name worldwide, borne by 14 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Liberia, where it is held by 83 people, or 1 in 53,115. In Liberia it is primarily found in: Bong County, where 49 percent live, Gbarpolu County, where 34 percent live and Montserrado County, where 10 percent live. Besides Liberia Gbalai exists 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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