Gbofan Surname
Approximately 67 people bear this surname
Gbofan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 63 | 1:164,057 | 16,557 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Gbofan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gbofan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gbofan is held by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gbofan? popularity and diffusion
Gbofan is the 2,333,370th most numerous surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 108,769,342 people. The last name Gbofan is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gbofan are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Gbofan is most frequent in Benin, where it is borne by 63 people, or 1 in 164,057. In Benin Gbofan is most prevalent in: Zou Department, where 87 percent live, Ouémé Department, where 6 percent live and Atlantique Department, where 5 percent live. Outside of Benin it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 4 percent live and Liberia, where 1 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
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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
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