Gbolu Surname
Approximately 399 people bear this surname
Gbolu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 172 | 1:25,631 | 2,503 |
| DR Congo | 150 | 1:492,530 | 39,325 |
| Nigeria | 76 | 1:2,330,826 | 78,393 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Gbolu (988) may also be a first name.
Gbolu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gbolu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gbolu is most common in Liberia. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Gbolu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gbolu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 727,600th most frequently occurring last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 18,264,526 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gbolu reside; 62 percent reside in West Africa and 43 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. Gbolu is also the 256,274th most widely held first name on earth, held by 988 people.
It is most widely held in Liberia, where it is carried by 172 people, or 1 in 25,631. In Liberia it is most frequent in: Lofa County, where 88 percent are found, Montserrado County, where 6 percent are found and Margibi County, where 4 percent are found. Outside of Liberia this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 38 percent are found and Nigeria, where 19 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gbolou | 91 | 550 | / |
| Ngbolu | 91 | 8 | / |
| Gboleu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Gbolus | 91 | 1 | / |
| Gbollu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Gboulou | 83 | 33 | / |
| Gbollou | 83 | 7 | / |
| Gbalu | 80 | 306 | / |
| Gbulu | 80 | 219 | / |
| Guolu | 80 | 167 | / |
| Gbelu | 80 | 47 | / |
| Gwolu | 80 | 1 | / |
| N'Gbolou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gbalou | 73 | 2,555 | / |
| Guoliu | 73 | 344 | / |
| Ngbulu | 73 | 102 | / |
| Gbuluh | 73 | 24 | / |
| Ngvolu | 73 | 24 | / |
| Gboloo | 73 | 23 | / |
| Gbaalu | 73 | 20 | / |
| Guolou | 73 | 8 | / |
| Gbuulu | 73 | 4 | / |
| Gboloe | 73 | 3 | / |
| Ngbalu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gbeleu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngwolu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gbaluu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gballou | 67 | 1,696 | / |
| Ghbalou | 67 | 449 | / |
| Gbalhou | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gbelouh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gbeulou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gbalaut | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gbahlou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Genpolu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Geevolu | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Gbolu
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