Gbolou Surname
Approximately 550 people bear this surname
Gbolou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 348 | 1:29,700 | 3,915 |
| Ivory Coast | 187 | 1:123,376 | 6,051 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Gbolou (464) may also be a first name.
Gbolou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gbolou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gbolou is held by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Gbolou.
How Common Is The Last Name Gbolou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gbolou is the 572,911th most frequent surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 13,250,083 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Gbolou are found; 88 percent are found in West Africa and 83 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 395,684th most commonly occurring first name globally It is held by 464 people.
It is most numerous in Benin, where it is carried by 348 people, or 1 in 29,700. In Benin it is most numerous in: Kouffo Department, where 57 percent live, Atlantique Department, where 16 percent live and Zou Department, where 11 percent live. Not including Benin this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 34 percent live and Nigeria, where 2 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
- 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 Gbolou
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