Gbonou Surname

783,439th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 361 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Gbonou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gbonou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin3481:29,7003,915
Ivory Coast61:3,845,20548,272
Togo41:1,811,9428,122
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Gbonou (23) may also be a first name.

Gbonou Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gbonou Come From? nationality or country of origin

Gbonou is more commonly found in Benin than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gbonou? popularity and diffusion

Gbonou is the 783,439th most widespread last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 20,187,108 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Gbonou reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most frequent first name at a global level, borne by 23 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is borne by 348 people, or 1 in 29,700. In Benin it is primarily concentrated in: Atlantique Department, where 43 percent are found, Mono Department, where 30 percent are found and Kouffo Department, where 22 percent are found. Aside from Benin it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 2 percent are found and Togo, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gbonnou921/
Gbongou921/
Gbognou921/
Gboenou921/
Gbono91460/
Gbonu9193/
N'Gbonou861/
Gbongo831,723/
Gbanou83873/
Gbongu83214/
Gbonoe8321/
Gbonoi837/
Gbonoh836/
Gboinu833/
Gbogno832/
Gbonue832/
Gbuonu831/
Gbonos831/
Gbonod831/
Gbonno831/
Ngbono831/
Gbhono831/
Gbangou77898/
Guounou773/
Gbongoe773/
Gbanhou773/
Gbannou772/
Gbonaju772/
Gbhongo771/
Gbonauh771/
Ngbonoh771/
Ngbanou771/
Gboongo771/
Guonnou771/
Gbanu73496/
Gbona73155/
Gbano7384/
Gbuno736/
Gwono734/
Gbunu734/
Guonu731/
Guono731/
Gbagnoue715/
N'Gbanou712/
Nguounou712/
Nguonnou711/
Gbomhoue711/
Gbonga67563/
Nguono67301/
Gbonah67271/
Gbangu67212/
Gbungu67163/
Gbanoe6784/
Gbonna6780/
Gouhounou6768/
Ngbona6738/
Gbonee6733/
Ngbano6721/
Gboney6716/
Gbanue6714/
Gbanui674/
Guanou674/
Gbanahoue673/
Gouhannou673/
Ngbanu673/
Gbanoh672/
Gbonie672/
Gvonau672/
Gbonai671/
Gboina671/
Gbhanu671/
Gbouna671/
Guonue671/
Gbonay671/
Guonot671/
Gbannhoue671/
Ngwonu671/
Gbonye671/
Gbanau671/
Gbonaï671/
Gbanoa671/
Gbaanu671/
Gbagno671/

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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 Gbonou
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