Gbenya Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Gbenya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gbenya (14) may also be a first name.
Gbenya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gbenya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gbenya is found most frequently in Ghana. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gbenya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gbenya is the 6,360,413th most commonly used surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Gbenya are found; 78 percent are found in West Africa and 67 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gbenya is also the 3,024,661st most frequently held first name world-wide It is held by 14 people.
Gbenya is most frequently used in Ghana, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 6,755,173. Outside of Ghana this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 22 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 11 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ngbenya | 92 | 62 | / |
| Gbenyah | 92 | 8 | / |
| Gbenyo | 83 | 982 | / |
| Gwenya | 83 | 676 | / |
| Gbinya | 83 | 55 | / |
| Gbegna | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gbenja | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gwenyah | 77 | 51 | / |
| Gbeanyo | 77 | 41 | / |
| Gbenjah | 77 | 6 | / |
| Hgwenya | 77 | 5 | / |
| Gbenija | 77 | 5 | / |
| Gcwenya | 77 | 3 | / |
| Gbenjay | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ngvenya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kgwenya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gbegnah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gwehnya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gbeunja | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gbainya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngbenja | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngbenyo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gbetnja | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gouenya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngqwenya | 71 | 17 | / |
| Gbegniha | 71 | 15 | / |
| Ngweenya | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ng'wenya | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ngwwenya | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ngwenyaa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngquenya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngwuenya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngweynya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gbainyea | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nhgwenya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngwenyah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gbenjo | 67 | 513 | / |
| Gwinya | 67 | 378 | / |
| Kwenya | 67 | 333 | / |
| Cuenya | 67 | 256 | / |
| Qwenya | 67 | 119 | / |
| Gwenha | 67 | 56 | / |
| Gwenja | 67 | 23 | / |
| Guenia | 67 | 19 | / |
| Gwenia | 67 | 5 | / |
| Kuenya | 67 | 4 | / |
| Gbegno | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gbigna | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gbenho | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gwegna | 67 | 1 | / |
| Guinya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gvenha | 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 Gbenya
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