Gbeja Surname
Approximately 125 people bear this surname
Gbeja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 120 | 1:1,476,190 | 56,575 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
Gbeja (97) may also be a first name.
Gbeja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gbeja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gbeja is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Gbeja.
How Common Is The Last Name Gbeja? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,612,213th most common last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 58,300,367 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gbeja are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gbeja is also the 962,660th most commonly held forename worldwide. It is borne by 97 people.
The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 120 people, or 1 in 1,476,190. In Nigeria Gbeja is most common in: Ondo, where 24 percent live, Kogi, where 20 percent live and Lagos, where 14 percent live. Excluding Nigeria it is found in one country. It also occurs in Benin, where 4 percent live.
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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 Gbeja
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