Gbelema Surname
Approximately 86 people bear this surname
Gbelema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 50 | 1:88,171 | 7,231 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Gbelema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gbelema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gbelema is most common in Liberia. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gbelema? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gbelema is the 2,020,555th most frequent surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 84,738,906 people. Gbelema is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gbelema are found; 60 percent are found in West Africa and 58 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa.
The surname Gbelema is most commonly held in Liberia, where it is borne by 50 people, or 1 in 88,171. In Liberia Gbelema is primarily found in: Bong County, where 64 percent are found and Montserrado County, where 30 percent are found. Excluding Liberia this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 40 percent are found and Benin, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ngbelema | 93 | 971 | / |
| Gbelemah | 93 | 115 | / |
| Gwelema | 86 | 131 | / |
| Gbelima | 86 | 102 | / |
| Gbeleme | 86 | 48 | / |
| Gbelemo | 86 | 2 | / |
| Gbelama | 86 | 2 | / |
| Gbilema | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gbelemie | 80 | 12 | / |
| Gbalemah | 80 | 11 | / |
| Gwelemah | 80 | 9 | / |
| Gbelemou | 80 | 6 | / |
| Ngwelema | 80 | 4 | / |
| Ngbelemo | 80 | 4 | / |
| Gbelimaï | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gbaelemo | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ngbelima | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gbelamah | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gboloma | 71 | 64 | / |
| Guelemo | 71 | 49 | / |
| Gbilima | 71 | 22 | / |
| Kwelema | 71 | 6 | / |
| Gbalama | 71 | 5 | / |
| Gwelima | 71 | 2 | / |
| Guelima | 71 | 2 | / |
| Gbelime | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gbolima | 71 | 1 | / |
| Guilema | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gbalima | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gbilemou | 67 | 1,554 | / |
| Gbalemou | 67 | 150 | / |
| Gbelamou | 67 | 10 | / |
| Guelemou | 67 | 10 | / |
| Gwelimah | 67 | 6 | / |
| Gbalimah | 67 | 6 | / |
| Gbalamah | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ngbilima | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gbelomey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Guilemea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gbolamai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gballama | 67 | 1 | / |
| Guailema | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gbalamma | 67 | 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 Gbelema
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