Gbefou Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Gbefou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gbefou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin141:738,25740,906
Ivory Coast31:7,690,41157,263
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830

Gbefou Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gbefou is found most frequently in Benin. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gbefou? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,532,898th most numerous family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Gbefou reside; 84 percent reside in West Africa and 84 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most frequently used in Benin, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 738,257. In Benin it is most frequent in: Mono Department, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Benin it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 16 percent live and Cameroon, where 11 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gbeffou9214/
Ngbefou921/
Gbefo9115/
Ngbeffou869/
Gbeffo83128/
Guefou8311/
Gbefue832/
Gbefoh831/
Gbeheffou802/
Guefoue771/
Gbephou771/
Gbefa73710/
Guefo7388/
Gbefoïha711/
Gbeffa67541/
Gueifo6776/
Gueffo6774/
Gouefo6727/
Gbevoh674/
Kuefou673/
Gbeifa673/
Kwefou672/
Gouefouet671/
Gbefaa671/

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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 Gbefou
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