Gbefa Surname

472,211th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 710 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Benin

Gbefa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gbefa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria6271:282,52415,951
Benin801:129,19513,967
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
England11:55,718,059489,080
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Gbefa (41) may also be a first name.

Gbefa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gbefa occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Gbefa.

How Common Is The Last Name Gbefa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 472,211th most commonly used last name in the world, held by around 1 in 10,264,149 people. Gbefa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gbefa live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gbefa is also the 1,590,275th most numerous first name throughout the world It is held by 41 people.

Gbefa is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 627 people, or 1 in 282,524. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Bayelsa, where 77 percent are found, Lagos, where 6 percent are found and Akwa Ibom, where 4 percent are found. Not including Nigeria it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 11 percent are found and Belarus, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Gbeffo73128/
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Gbefou7319/
Guefah7319/
Gueffa736/
Gbaffa734/
Gbeffi732/
Gweufa732/
Gbaifa732/
Guefai732/
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Gueffai67107/
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Gbeafio671/
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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 Gbefa
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