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
Gbenya is found in Ghana more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Gbenya.
How Common Is The Last Name Gbenya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gbenya is the 6,360,413th most widely held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name Gbenya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Gbenya reside; 78 percent reside in West Africa and 67 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gbenya is also the 3,024,661st most widely held first name world-wide. It is borne by 14 people.
This surname is most common in Ghana, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 6,755,173. Other than Ghana it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 22 percent live and The DR Congo, where 11 percent live.
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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