Gbaluwe Surname

1,746,159th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 110 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Gbaluwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gbaluwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1041:1,703,29662,619
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827

Gbaluwe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gbaluwe Come From? nationality or country of origin

Gbaluwe is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Gbaluwe.

How Common Is The Last Name Gbaluwe? popularity and diffusion

The last name Gbaluwe is the 1,746,159th most commonly occurring family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 66,250,417 people. Gbaluwe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Gbaluwe reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Gbaluwe is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 104 people, or 1 in 1,703,296. In Nigeria it is most common in: Ondo, where 82 percent are found, Lagos, where 9 percent are found and Gombe, where 5 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gbaluwei936/
Ngbaluwe931/
Gbaluw921/
Gbaluwa861/
Gboluwei801/
Gbaliweah751/
Gbalubi71226/
Gbolowe717/
Gbolowei6716/
Gboluwoi678/
Gbolowea671/
Gboloweh671/
Gbolubi573/

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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 Gbaluwe
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