Gbekia Surname

1,565,797th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 131 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ivory Coast
Highest density in:
Ivory Coast

Gbekia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gbekia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ivory Coast1001:230,7129,424
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
France21:33,211,361423,184
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Gbekia (97) may also be a first name.

Gbekia Last Name Facts

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

Gbekia is held by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gbekia? popularity and diffusion

The last name Gbekia is the 1,565,797th most widespread last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 55,630,121 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 38 percent of Gbekia are found; 21 percent are found in Central Africa and 21 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 962,660th most frequently occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 97 people.

The surname is most widely held in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 100 people, or 1 in 230,712. In The Ivory Coast it is primarily concentrated in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 77 percent are found, Gôh-Djiboua District, where 18 percent are found and Comoé District, where 2 percent are found. Excluding The Ivory Coast this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 21 percent are found and France, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gbekea8348/
Gbakia833/
Gbokia832/
Gbekyaa774/
Gbequia771/
Gbakya674/
Gbakio671/
Gbakyaa6299/
Gbaquia626/
Gbokyaa624/
Gbaikya621/
Gbaakya621/
Gbichea621/
Gbakyah621/
Gbaikyaa5749/
Ngbaikya5711/
Gbaaikya571/
Gbakaiyo571/
Ngbaihkya531/
Gbakyo5041/

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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 Gbekia
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