Gbolou Surname

572,911th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 550 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Gbolou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gbolou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin3481:29,7003,915
Ivory Coast1871:123,3766,051
Nigeria121:14,761,896248,185
France21:33,211,361423,184
Togo11:7,247,76812,049

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

The surname Gbolou is borne by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gbolou? popularity and diffusion

Gbolou is the 572,911th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 13,250,083 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Gbolou reside; 88 percent reside in West Africa and 83 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gbolou is also the 395,684th most widely held first name world-wide, borne by 464 people.

The last name Gbolou is most frequent in Benin, where it is held by 348 people, or 1 in 29,700. In Benin Gbolou is most frequent in: Kouffo Department, where 57 percent reside, Atlantique Department, where 16 percent reside and Zou Department, where 11 percent reside. Aside from Benin Gbolou exists in 4 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 34 percent reside and Nigeria, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gboulou9233/
Gboloue927/
Gbollou927/
Gbolo914,133/
Gbolu91399/
N'Gbolou861/
Gbalou832,555/
Ngbolo83667/
Gbollo8342/
Gbolue8337/
Gboloh8333/
Gboloa8329/
Gboloo8323/
Gbolos8318/
Gboelo839/
Guolou838/
Ngbolu838/
Gboulo837/
Gboloe833/
Gbgolo832/
Gboluo831/
Gbollu831/
Gbolus831/
Gboleu831/
Gballou771,696/
Ghbalou77449/
Gboloha77420/
Gbaloue7748/
Gboloyi7730/
Gboeloo7710/
Gboloye777/
Gbolowe777/
Gboeloh776/
Gbalhou773/
Gbolayo773/
Gbolloh772/
Gboloyo771/
Gboloji771/
Gbollue771/
Gbolajo771/
Gbahlou771/
Gbeulou771/
Kgbolos771/
Guolo731,136/
Gbalo73466/
Gbola73465/
Gbalu73306/
Gbulu73219/
Guolu73167/
Gwolo73136/
Gbulo7312/
Gwolu731/
Gouholou712/
Ngboluya711/
Gboloweh711/
Gbalayou711/
Geeboloh711/
N'Guolou711/
Guollo67593/
Gbolie67435/
Guoliu67344/
Ngbalo67298/
Gbolee67169/
Ngbulu67102/
Gbaloa6777/
Gballo6775/
Gbolah6773/
Gbolia6770/
Gbolea6770/
Gboley6769/
Guoluo6761/
Ngbola6759/
Ngvolu6724/
Gbuluh6724/
Gbaalu6720/
Gualou6715/
Gbolay6710/
Gboola679/
Gbolai676/
Gbaloo674/
Gbohla674/
Gbuulu674/
Gbolla673/
Gbaloh673/
Gboula673/
Gbalue672/
Gboela671/
Gboolá671/
Gvollo671/
Ngbalu671/
Ngbulo671/
Ngwolu671/
Gbaloe671/
Gbulue671/
Gbolei671/
Gbaluu671/
Ghbalo671/

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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 Gbolou
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