Gbefan Surname
Approximately 69 people bear this surname
Gbefan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 67 | 1:154,263 | 15,890 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Gbefan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gbefan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gbefan is carried by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gbefan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gbefan is the 2,293,424th most frequently used family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 105,616,607 people. The last name Gbefan is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gbefan are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Gbefan is most frequently used in Benin, where it is carried by 67 people, or 1 in 154,263. In Benin Gbefan is mostly found in: Kouffo Department, where 88 percent reside, Zou Department, where 6 percent reside and Atlantique Department, where 1 percent reside. Excluding Benin this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 1 percent reside and Togo, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Gbefan
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