Gbeye Surname
Approximately 118 people bear this surname
Gbeye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 59 | 1:3,002,420 | 93,371 |
| Ivory Coast | 39 | 1:591,570 | 17,665 |
| Liberia | 19 | 1:232,028 | 14,625 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Gbeye (130) may also be a first name.
Gbeye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gbeye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gbeye is most common in Nigeria. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gbeye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,674,734th most commonly held last name globally, held by around 1 in 61,758,864 people. Gbeye is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gbeye are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 76 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gbeye is also the 814,623rd most commonly used first name throughout the world, held by 130 people.
The surname Gbeye is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 59 people, or 1 in 3,002,420. In Nigeria Gbeye is most numerous in: Ondo, where 34 percent live, Bayelsa, where 24 percent live and Rivers, where 17 percent live. Besides Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 33 percent live and Liberia, where 16 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 Gbeye
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