Gbalay Surname
Approximately 253 people bear this surname
Gbalay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 248 | 1:17,776 | 1,821 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gbalay (37) may also be a first name.
Gbalay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gbalay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gbalay is held by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gbalay? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gbalay is the 1,006,539th most frequently occurring last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 28,804,529 people. The surname Gbalay occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Gbalay reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. Gbalay is also the 1,688,769th most frequent given name globally. It is borne by 37 people.
The surname Gbalay is most prevalent in Liberia, where it is carried by 248 people, or 1 in 17,776. In Liberia Gbalay is most frequent in: Montserrado County, where 32 percent live, Nimba County, where 28 percent live and Sinoe County, where 21 percent live. Not including Liberia this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 1 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 0 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 Gbalay
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