Gbani Surname
Approximately 412 people bear this surname
Gbani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 258 | 1:40,060 | 5,142 |
| Ivory Coast | 53 | 1:435,306 | 14,482 |
| Burkina Faso | 28 | 1:655,432 | 8,018 |
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Gbani (38) may also be a first name.
Gbani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gbani Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gbani is held by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gbani? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 711,133rd most commonly held family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,688,218 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Gbani are found; 83 percent are found in West Africa and 74 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gbani is also the 1,662,754th most widespread given name on earth, held by 38 people.
The last name is most widespread in Benin, where it is held by 258 people, or 1 in 40,060. In Benin Gbani is primarily found in: Donga Department, where 74 percent live, Littoral Department, where 9 percent live and Zou Department, where 7 percent live. Besides Benin it occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 13 percent live and Burkina Faso, where 7 percent live.
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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 Gbani
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