Gbeshi Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Gbeshi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
Gbeshi (12) may also be a first name.
Gbeshi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gbeshi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gbeshi is found most in Nigeria. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gbeshi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,117,718th most frequently occurring family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gbeshi are found; 71 percent are found in West Africa and 71 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most commonly used first name globally, held by 12 people.
The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria Gbeshi is most frequent in: Nasarawa, where 60 percent live, Benue, where 20 percent live and Ogun, where 20 percent live. Excluding Nigeria Gbeshi occurs in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 29 percent live.
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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 Gbeshi
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