Gbangan Surname

3,141,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Gbangan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gbangan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia291:152,01810,911
Ivory Coast91:2,563,47041,100
Benin11:10,335,602103,742

Gbangan (13) may also be a first name.

Gbangan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gbangan is held by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Gbangan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gbangan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,141,416th most frequent surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. Gbangan occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gbangan live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 74 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. Gbangan is also the 3,159,357th most widely held first name internationally, held by 13 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Liberia, where it is borne by 29 people, or 1 in 152,018. In Liberia Gbangan is primarily concentrated in: Nimba County, where 72 percent reside and Montserrado County, where 28 percent reside. Without taking into account Liberia Gbangan occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 23 percent reside and Benin, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gbangnan9337/
Gbangain932/
Gbangang931/
Gbanan92133/
Gbagan9254/
Gbannan86163/
Gbangon86139/
Gbanhan8697/
Gbanane8679/
Gbagnan8663/
Gbaghan8647/
Gbamnan8610/
Gbagain866/
Guangan864/
Ngbanan863/
Gbasinghan8271/
N'Gbanan8087/
Gbangnon8029/
Gwangane8015/
Gbeingan809/
Gbahngon806/
Gbongang803/
Gbangoun802/
Ngwangan801/
Gbaigain801/
Gbaigahn801/
Gbanon77168/
Gbagam7753/
Gbogan7718/
Gbanam776/
N'Gbannan751/
Gbagnon71692/
Kuangan7142/
Gbongon7140/
Gbeanon7139/
Gbanhon7123/
Gbannon7110/
Kwangan719/
Quangan714/
Gbanoin711/
Gbatnam711/
Gbogang711/
Gbasingham711/
Gbanhoun67104/
Kwangang6713/
Kwangane675/
Gbeagnon673/
Kuanggan671/
Quangang671/
Gimpagan671/
Gbounang671/
Gbongnon671/
Gbaignon671/
Gbahanan671/
Gbongoin671/

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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
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  • 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 Gbangan
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