Gbedjinou Surname

448,561st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 759 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Gbedjinou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gbedjinou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin7531:13,7261,872
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
France11:66,422,722504,397
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Gbédjinou (1) are calculated separately.

Gbedjinou (55) may also be a first name.

Gbedjinou Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gbedjinou Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Gbedjinou occurs in Benin more than any other country/territory. It may occur as: Gbédjinou. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gbedjinou? popularity and diffusion

It is the 448,561st most frequent last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 9,601,510 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gbedjinou reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gbedjinou is also the 1,336,256th most numerous first name internationally. It is borne by 55 people.

The surname Gbedjinou is most commonly used in Benin, where it is borne by 753 people, or 1 in 13,726. In Benin Gbedjinou is most common in: Ouémé Department, where 34 percent live, Atlantique Department, where 16 percent live and Kouffo Department, where 14 percent live. Other than Benin this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Ethiopia, where 0 percent live and France, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gbédjinou961/
Gbejinou941/
Gbedjenou896/
Gbejinu8839/
Gbezinou821/
Gbedzinu821/
Gbesinu7521/
Gbezenou7194/
Gbejenoh711/
Gbesenu634/

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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
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  • 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 Gbedjinou
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