Gbekele Surname
Approximately 69 people bear this surname
Gbekele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 68 | 1:2,605,041 | 84,856 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Gbekele (206) may also be a first name.
Gbekele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gbekele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gbekele is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gbekele? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gbekele is the 2,293,424th most commonly occurring family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 105,616,607 people. The last name Gbekele occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gbekele are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gbekele is also the 630,600th most frequently used first name on earth, held by 206 people.
Gbekele is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 68 people, or 1 in 2,605,041. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Edo, where 38 percent live, Ondo, where 26 percent live and Ekiti, where 13 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Brazil, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ngbekele | 93 | 1 | / |
| Gbekle | 92 | 1,372 | / |
| Gbakele | 86 | 49 | / |
| Gbokele | 86 | 4 | / |
| Gbekile | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gbekela | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gbekelay | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gbecle | 77 | 2 | / |
| Gbakale | 71 | 56 | / |
| Gbakole | 71 | 56 | / |
| Gbekail | 71 | 18 | / |
| Gbokeli | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gbokale | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gbakelay | 67 | 15 | / |
| Gbokelay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gbokolea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gbokoleh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gbakolleh | 63 | 1 | / |
| Gbequolleh | 59 | 1 | / |
| Gbakali | 57 | 34 | / |
| Gbakoli | 57 | 28 | / |
| Gbakili | 57 | 21 | / |
| Gbokili | 57 | 3 | / |
| Gbokoli | 57 | 1 | / |
| Gbikaly | 57 | 1 | / |
| Gbakolay | 53 | 60 | / |
| Gbakoloi | 53 | 40 | / |
| Gbokoloi | 53 | 3 | / |
| Gbahkoli | 53 | 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
- 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 Gbekele
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