Gbofoun Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Gbofoun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 39 | 1:265,015 | 22,836 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gbofoun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gbofoun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gbofoun is found in Benin more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gbofoun? popularity and diffusion
Gbofoun is the 3,100,440th most numerous surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. Gbofoun is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Gbofoun live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Gbofoun is most frequently used in Benin, where it is held by 39 people, or 1 in 265,015. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Kouffo Department, where 62 percent are found, Littoral Department, where 26 percent are found and Zou Department, where 10 percent are found. Besides Benin it occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Gbofoun
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