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
Gbanja has its highest incidence in Liberia. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gbanja? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,527,735th most commonly held family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 53,584,896 people. The surname Gbanja is primarily found 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. Gbanja is also the 2,301,746th most frequently occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 22 people.
Gbanja is most commonly held in Liberia, where it is borne by 102 people, or 1 in 43,221. In Liberia Gbanja is most frequent in: Montserrado County, where 35 percent reside, Margibi County, where 24 percent reside and Bong County, where 21 percent reside. Other than Liberia this surname exists 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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