Gbenewei Surname
Approximately 65 people bear this surname
Gbenewei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 64 | 1:2,767,856 | 88,308 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Gbenewei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gbenewei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gbenewei occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gbenewei? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,372,517th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 112,116,091 people. The last name Gbenewei is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Gbenewei live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 64 people, or 1 in 2,767,856. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Delta, where 50 percent are found, Bayelsa, where 48 percent are found and Edo, where 2 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria it is found in one country. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gbenewe | 93 | 2 | / |
| Gbenewi | 93 | 1 | / |
| Gbeniwei | 88 | 17 | / |
| Gbenowei | 88 | 10 | / |
| Gbanewei | 88 | 2 | / |
| Gbenebe | 80 | 27 | / |
| Gbenebi | 80 | 10 | / |
| Gbenevi | 80 | 6 | / |
| Gbenawe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gbenewa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Gbanawei | 75 | 49 | / |
| Gbiniwei | 75 | 10 | / |
| Gbengeui | 75 | 1 | / |
| Gbanowei | 75 | 1 | / |
| Gbanawe | 67 | 21 | / |
| Gboniwe | 67 | 7 | / |
| Gbeniwa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Gbanawi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gbenebihie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gbanawoi | 63 | 11 | / |
| Gbenovie | 63 | 7 | / |
| Gbanewah | 63 | 1 | / |
| Gbenoiwou | 59 | 1 | / |
| Gbegnoiwou | 56 | 1 | / |
| Gbenjua | 53 | 6 | / |
| Gbiniwa | 53 | 1 | / |
| Gbaniwa | 53 | 1 | / |
| Gbinibou | 50 | 18 | / |
| Gvineeva | 50 | 8 | / |
| Gbannavi | 50 | 1 | / |
| Ngbenjua | 50 | 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 Gbenewei
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