Gblan Surname

1,447,279th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 148 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ivory Coast
Highest density in:
Ivory Coast

Gblan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gblan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ivory Coast1401:164,7957,505
Liberia81:551,06725,208

Gblan (33) may also be a first name.

Gblan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gblan Come From? nationality or country of origin

Gblan occurs in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Gblan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gblan? popularity and diffusion

Gblan is the 1,447,279th most frequently used family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 49,240,175 people. The surname Gblan occurs mostly in Africa, where 87 percent of Gblan are found; 87 percent are found in West Africa and 80 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gblan is also the 1,807,719th most common first name globally, borne by 33 people.

The last name is most widely held in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 140 people, or 1 in 164,795. In The Ivory Coast Gblan is primarily concentrated in: Bas-Sassandra District, where 39 percent reside, Lacs District, where 30 percent reside and Abidjan Autonomous District, where 14 percent reside. Apart from The Ivory Coast it exists in one country. It is also common in Liberia, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gblahn919/
Gblian911/
Gblanh911/
Ngblan911/
N'Gblan8319/
Gblahan831/
Gblam801/
Gbellain7736/
Gbellian776/
Gblion738/
Gwlain731/
Gblein731/
Guillan671,178/
Guellan675/
Gblount673/
Geeblon671/
Gwillan670/

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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 Gblan
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