Gbenahou Surname

1,994,173rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 88 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Gbenahou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gbenahou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin861:120,18113,205
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Gbenahou (128) may also be a first name.

Gbenahou Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gbenahou is held by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Gbenahou? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,994,173rd most commonly held surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 82,813,022 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gbenahou live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 821,896th most commonly used first name on earth, held by 128 people.

The last name Gbenahou is most numerous in Benin, where it is carried by 86 people, or 1 in 120,181. In Benin Gbenahou is mostly concentrated in: Zou Department, where 58 percent live, Ouémé Department, where 22 percent live and Atlantique Department, where 8 percent live. Barring Benin this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Ethiopia, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gbenahoue9437/
Gbenaou931/
Gbenaho931/
Gbenahu931/
Gbanahoue823/
Gbegnohou822/
N'Gbenaou821/
Guenaou80306/
Gbonaho801/
Gbenoua801/
Gbengao801/
Gbannahoue7856/
Gbonnaho752/
Gueinaho751/
Gbanhoua751/
Gbanao713/
Gbenoa711/
Gbengaojo711/
Guenoua67232/
Guinaou671/
Gbonoua671/
Kwenaho671/
Gbanoah671/

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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 Gbenahou
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