Gbanja Surname
Approximately 136 people bear this surname
Gbanja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 102 | 1:43,221 | 3,943 |
| Nigeria | 34 | 1:5,210,081 | 134,475 |
Gbanja (22) may also be a first name.
Gbanja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gbanja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gbanja occurs most in Liberia. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gbanja? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,527,735th most widely held family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 53,584,896 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gbanja are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 75 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most widely held first name at a global level, borne by 22 people.
The surname Gbanja is most commonly used in Liberia, where it is held by 102 people, or 1 in 43,221. In Liberia it is primarily concentrated in: Montserrado County, where 35 percent reside, Margibi County, where 24 percent reside and Bong County, where 21 percent reside. Barring Liberia Gbanja occurs in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 25 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 Gbanja
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