Gbalea Surname
Approximately 535 people bear this surname
Gbalea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 340 | 1:12,966 | 1,385 |
| Ivory Coast | 190 | 1:121,428 | 5,978 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Gbalea (16) may also be a first name.
Gbalea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gbalea Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gbalea is found most frequently in Liberia. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gbalea? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 585,091st most commonly used family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 13,621,581 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Gbalea are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 64 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 16 people.
Gbalea is most widespread in Liberia, where it is carried by 340 people, or 1 in 12,966. In Liberia Gbalea is primarily found in: Nimba County, where 73 percent reside, Montserrado County, where 19 percent reside and Grand Gedeh County, where 3 percent reside. Not including Liberia this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 36 percent reside and The United States, 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 Gbalea
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