Gbeku Surname

212,324th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,940 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Togo

Gbeku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gbeku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana9701:27,8563,309
Togo6301:11,5042,968
DR Congo3151:234,53822,701
Nigeria111:16,103,887259,204
Liberia101:440,85421,753
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Gbeku (460) may also be a first name.

Gbeku Last Name Facts

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

Gbeku (Russian: Гбеку) is found in Ghana more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gbeku? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 212,324th most frequently occurring last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 3,756,467 people. The last name Gbeku occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gbeku live; 84 percent live in West Africa and 83 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 397,789th most prevalent forename on earth, held by 460 people.

The surname Gbeku is most frequently occurring in Ghana, where it is borne by 970 people, or 1 in 27,856. Not including Ghana this surname is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Togo, where 32 percent live and The DR Congo, where 16 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gbekou912,177/
Ngbeku9175/
Gbeaku919/
Gbeakou8333/
Gbeakeu831/
Gbaku80254/
Gboku80119/
Gbakui73170/
Gbikou7321/
Gbecou732/
Gbakeu731/
Gbékou731/
Gbaaku731/
Gbakuh731/
Gbayku731/
Gbokhou675/
Gbhikou671/
Gbeecuu671/
Gbocou5524/

Gbeku Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gbeku in the Russian language
Гбекуgbeku-

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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 Gbeku
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