Gbenan Surname
Approximately 219 people bear this surname
Gbenan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 204 | 1:50,665 | 6,381 |
| Ivory Coast | 14 | 1:1,647,945 | 32,915 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Gbenan (55) may also be a first name.
Gbenan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gbenan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gbenan is found most frequently in Benin. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gbenan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,111,382nd most frequently occurring family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 33,276,465 people. The surname Gbenan is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gbenan live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,336,256th most commonly held first name world-wide, borne by 55 people.
This surname is most frequent in Benin, where it is held by 204 people, or 1 in 50,665. In Benin it is most common in: Ouémé Department, where 47 percent live, Zou Department, where 39 percent live and Atlantique Department, where 7 percent live. Excluding Benin this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 6 percent live and Ethiopia, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gbengan | 92 | 44 | / |
| Gbegnan | 92 | 2 | / |
| Gbenaan | 92 | 1 | / |
| Gbenean | 92 | 1 | / |
| Gbeingan | 86 | 9 | / |
| N'Gbenan | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gbehngan | 86 | 1 | / |
| Guenan | 83 | 348 | / |
| Gbanan | 83 | 133 | / |
| Gbenon | 83 | 114 | / |
| Gbonan | 83 | 9 | / |
| Gbegnon | 77 | 2,911 | / |
| Gbengon | 77 | 170 | / |
| Gbannan | 77 | 163 | / |
| Guenain | 77 | 81 | / |
| Gbeanon | 77 | 39 | / |
| Gbignan | 77 | 18 | / |
| Gbinhan | 77 | 3 | / |
| Gbenoun | 77 | 3 | / |
| Gwenang | 77 | 1 | / |
| Guenaun | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gouenan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gbonhan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gbingan | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gueynan | 77 | 0 | / |
| Gueenan | 77 | 0 | / |
| Gbegnoun | 71 | 17 | / |
| Gbeagnon | 71 | 3 | / |
| Kgwenane | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ggbegnon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gouhenan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gouenang | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gbetgnon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gbahanan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gbehngon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Guinan | 67 | 5,305 | / |
| Guenon | 67 | 1,597 | / |
| Quenan | 67 | 1,417 | / |
| Gbonon | 67 | 186 | / |
| Gbanon | 67 | 168 | / |
| Gouhenant | 67 | 103 | / |
| Guenam | 67 | 63 | / |
| Gwenon | 67 | 32 | / |
| Gbetinnon | 67 | 9 | / |
| Kwenan | 67 | 6 | / |
| Kuenan | 67 | 3 | / |
| Cuenan | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gbenoutin | 67 | 2 | / |
| N'Gbeinon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gbinam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gouhenand | 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 Gbenan
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