Gbobia Surname

468,258th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 718 people bear this surname

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

Gbobia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gbobia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ivory Coast7121:32,4032,177
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Benin11:10,335,602103,742

Gbobia (515) may also be a first name.

Gbobia Last Name Facts

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

Gbobia is found in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gbobia? popularity and diffusion

It is the 468,258th most common last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 10,149,785 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Gbobia live; 83 percent live in West Africa and 83 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gbobia is also the 372,418th most frequent first name on earth. It is borne by 515 people.

Gbobia is most numerous in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 712 people, or 1 in 32,403. In The Ivory Coast Gbobia is primarily concentrated in: Gôh-Djiboua District, where 41 percent are found, Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 23 percent are found and Abidjan Autonomous District, where 17 percent are found. Outside of The Ivory Coast Gbobia is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 1 percent are found and Benin, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngbobia926/
Gbobiah921/
Gbabia83260/
Gbobio8342/
Gbobea8311/
Gbovia834/
Gbebia834/
Gbowia831/
Ngbabia774/
Gbobeah771/
Guoibiah711/
Gbabio67190/
Gbowea6751/
Gbabea6721/
Gbebio6716/
Guovia672/
Gbebja671/
Gbovea671/
Quobia671/

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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 Gbobia
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