Gbekan Surname
Approximately 704 people bear this surname
Gbekan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 642 | 1:16,099 | 2,175 |
| Nigeria | 52 | 1:3,406,592 | 101,701 |
| Liberia | 7 | 1:629,791 | 27,063 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gbekan (51) may also be a first name.
Gbekan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gbekan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gbekan is found most in Benin. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gbekan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 475,239th most numerous surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 10,351,628 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gbekan reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gbekan is also the 1,396,783rd most widely held forename at a global level It is held by 51 people.
Gbekan is most commonly held in Benin, where it is borne by 642 people, or 1 in 16,099. In Benin Gbekan is primarily concentrated in: Mono Department, where 37 percent are found, Plateau Department, where 36 percent are found and Zou Department, where 17 percent are found. Apart from Benin this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 7 percent are found and Liberia, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gbekaan | 92 | 79 | / |
| Ngbekan | 92 | 10 | / |
| Gbeikan | 92 | 8 | / |
| Gbeekan | 92 | 3 | / |
| Gbekanh | 92 | 1 | / |
| Gbekane | 92 | 1 | / |
| Gbakan | 83 | 44 | / |
| Gbokan | 83 | 13 | / |
| Gbekon | 83 | 7 | / |
| Gbecan | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gbakaan | 77 | 1,411 | / |
| Gbokain | 77 | 45 | / |
| Gbekoun | 77 | 23 | / |
| Gbeikon | 77 | 6 | / |
| Gbaakan | 77 | 6 | / |
| Gbetkam | 77 | 3 | / |
| Gbakhan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gbaakaan | 71 | 12 | / |
| Gbedkoun | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gbeakoun | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gbetkong | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gbakon | 67 | 313 | / |
| Gbokon | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gbacon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gbaakon | 62 | 20 | / |
| Gboquan | 62 | 6 | / |
| Gbakoon | 62 | 5 | / |
| Gbokoun | 62 | 2 | / |
| Gbahcon | 62 | 1 | / |
| Gbahakon | 57 | 4 | / |
| Gbethkom | 57 | 1 | / |
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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 Gbekan
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