Gbene Surname
Approximately 973 people bear this surname
Gbene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 485 | 1:55,713 | 5,980 |
| Nigeria | 353 | 1:501,821 | 25,034 |
| Ivory Coast | 82 | 1:281,356 | 10,805 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Gbene (102) may also be a first name.
Gbene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gbene Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gbene is borne by more people in Ghana than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Gbene.
How Common Is The Last Name Gbene? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 369,492nd most frequently held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 7,489,770 people. The surname Gbene is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Gbene are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 935,178th most commonly used first name in the world, held by 102 people.
The surname Gbene is most commonly occurring in Ghana, where it is carried by 485 people, or 1 in 55,713. Without taking into account Ghana Gbene occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 36 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 8 percent are found.
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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 Gbene
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