Gbona Surname
Approximately 155 people bear this surname
Gbona Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 84 | 1:2,108,842 | 73,007 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Liberia | 18 | 1:244,919 | 15,115 |
| Ivory Coast | 9 | 1:2,563,470 | 41,100 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Gbona (40) may also be a first name.
Gbona Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gbona Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gbona is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gbona? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,403,590th most common surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 47,016,425 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Gbona reside; 72 percent reside in West Africa and 61 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,614,485th most widespread first name globally, borne by 40 people.
The surname Gbona is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 84 people, or 1 in 2,108,842. In Nigeria Gbona is most common in: Delta, where 57 percent reside, Bayelsa, where 29 percent reside and Edo, where 11 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria it occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 26 percent reside and Liberia, where 12 percent reside.
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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 Gbona
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