Gbangaye Surname
Approximately 28 people bear this surname
Gbangaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 27 | 1:163,279 | 11,522 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Gbangaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gbangaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gbangaye is found most in Liberia. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gbangaye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gbangaye is the 3,730,171st most prevalent surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gbangaye reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.
It is most widely held in Liberia, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 163,279. In Liberia it is most numerous in: Nimba County, where 67 percent are found, Montserrado County, where 30 percent are found and Rivercess County, where 4 percent are found. Without taking into account Liberia it exists in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Gbangaye
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