Gbede Surname
Approximately 7,078 people bear this surname
Gbede Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 2,736 | 1:27,003 | 3,384 |
| Benin | 1,869 | 1:5,530 | 729 |
| Nigeria | 1,293 | 1:137,001 | 8,836 |
| Ivory Coast | 697 | 1:33,101 | 2,214 |
| Ghana | 416 | 1:64,954 | 6,785 |
| England | 25 | 1:2,228,722 | 84,230 |
| Burkina Faso | 18 | 1:1,019,561 | 10,177 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
The alternate forms: Gbèdè (1) & Gbédé (1) are calculated separately.
Gbede (540) may also be a first name.
Gbede Demographics
Gbede Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Gbede Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gbede Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gbede is most common in The DR Congo. It may be found in the variant forms: Gbèdè or Gbédé. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gbede? popularity and diffusion
Gbede is the 69,915th most commonly used last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 1,029,605 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Gbede are found; 58 percent are found in West Africa and 57 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 362,702nd most widespread forename in the world. It is borne by 540 people.
The last name Gbede is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 2,736 people, or 1 in 27,003. Beside The DR Congo this surname is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 26 percent live and Nigeria, where 18 percent live.
Gbede Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Gbede surname is primarily Christian (87%) in Nigeria.
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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 Gbede
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