Gbalou Surname
Approximately 2,555 people bear this surname
Gbalou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 2,541 | 1:9,080 | 760 |
| France | 6 | 1:11,070,454 | 349,096 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gbalou (1,212) may also be a first name.
Gbalou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gbalou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gbalou is held by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Gbalou.
How Common Is The Last Name Gbalou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 169,006th most frequently held last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 2,852,268 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 71 percent of Gbalou reside; 71 percent reside in West Africa and 61 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 227,458th most commonly held first name worldwide. It is borne by 1,212 people.
It is most common in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 2,541 people, or 1 in 9,080. In The Ivory Coast Gbalou is mostly found in: Gôh-Djiboua District, where 32 percent reside, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 28 percent reside and Bas-Sassandra District, where 22 percent reside. Outside of The Ivory Coast this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in France, where 0 percent reside and England, where 0 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 Gbalou
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