Gbawea Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
Gbawea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 52 | 1:84,780 | 6,985 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
Gbawea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gbawea Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gbawea is carried by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gbawea? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,605,694th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 132,500,835 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Gbawea reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.
The last name Gbawea is most widespread in Liberia, where it is borne by 52 people, or 1 in 84,780. In Liberia Gbawea is primarily concentrated in: Grand Gedeh County, where 46 percent live, Bong County, where 35 percent live and Montserrado County, where 15 percent live. Excluding Liberia this last name exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 5 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 Gbawea
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