Gboan Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ivory Coast
Highest density in:
Liberia

Gboan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gboan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ivory Coast41:5,767,80855,416
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110

Gboan Last Name Facts

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

Gboan is found most frequently in The Ivory Coast. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Gboan.

How Common Is The Last Name Gboan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,193,072nd most widely held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name Gboan is mostly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Gboan live; 80 percent live in West Africa and 40 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most widely held in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 5,767,808. In The Ivory Coast it is most common in: Montagnes District, where 50 percent reside, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 25 percent reside and Gôh-Djiboua District, where 25 percent reside. Beside The Ivory Coast Gboan occurs in one country. It also occurs in Liberia, where 20 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gbohan9164/
Gbouan9110/
Gbouane831/
Gboijan831/
Gbohain831/
Guoan8093/
Gbaon801/
Gbahon7357/
Gbohon7346/
Guohan737/
Gbauan734/
Guo'an733/
Gboyon732/
Guouan732/
Guoang731/
Guooan731/
Gbohoun67303/
Guojian67103/
Gbahoun6766/
Gbaahon677/
Guohang672/
Gvohane671/

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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 Gboan
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