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
Gbede occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It can occur as: Gbèdè or Gbédé. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gbede? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 69,915th most widespread surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 1,029,605 people. The surname Gbede is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Gbede reside; 58 percent reside in West Africa and 57 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 362,702nd most widespread first name globally, borne by 540 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in The DR Congo, where it is held by 2,736 people, or 1 in 27,003. Not including The DR Congo this surname is found in 14 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 26 percent live and Nigeria, where 18 percent live.
Gbede Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Gbede surname is predominantly 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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