Gbela Surname
Approximately 779 people bear this surname
Gbela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 387 | 1:59,616 | 3,505 |
| DR Congo | 287 | 1:257,420 | 24,363 |
| Nigeria | 103 | 1:1,719,833 | 63,088 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Gbela (60) may also be a first name.
Gbela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gbela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gbela is found most in The Ivory Coast. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gbela? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 439,664th most commonly occurring last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 9,355,001 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Gbela reside; 55 percent reside in West Africa and 55 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,270,172nd most frequently occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 60 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 387 people, or 1 in 59,616. In The Ivory Coast Gbela is primarily found in: Montagnes District, where 78 percent reside, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 15 percent reside and Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 3 percent reside. Apart from The Ivory Coast this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 37 percent reside and Nigeria, where 13 percent reside.
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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 Gbela
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