Gbewanou Surname
Approximately 138 people bear this surname
Gbewanou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 137 | 1:75,442 | 9,022 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Gbewanou (145) may also be a first name.
Gbewanou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gbewanou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gbewanou is carried by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Gbewanou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gbewanou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gbewanou is the 1,511,557th most commonly used family name on earth, held by around 1 in 52,808,304 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Gbewanou are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 766,399th most commonly held given name at a global level, held by 145 people.
The surname Gbewanou is most widely held in Benin, where it is carried by 137 people, or 1 in 75,442. In Benin it is most prevalent in: Mono Department, where 29 percent reside, Ouémé Department, where 28 percent reside and Zou Department, where 20 percent reside. Besides Benin this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Brazil, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Gbewanou
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