Gbowa Surname
Approximately 84 people bear this surname
Gbowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Gbowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gbowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gbowa has its highest incidence in The DR Congo. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gbowa? popularity and diffusion
Gbowa is the 2,047,559th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 86,756,499 people. The last name Gbowa is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Gbowa are found; 83 percent are found in Central Africa and 82 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 68 people, or 1 in 1,086,464. Aside from The DR Congo this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 11 percent reside and The United States, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gboway | 91 | 70 | / |
| Gbowea | 91 | 51 | / |
| Gbowah | 91 | 33 | / |
| Gbow | 89 | 33 | / |
| Gboweah | 83 | 65 | / |
| Gbowhea | 83 | 52 | / |
| Gbabowa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gboiway | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gbawa | 80 | 140 | / |
| Gboba | 80 | 36 | / |
| Gbowo | 80 | 27 | / |
| Gbova | 80 | 12 | / |
| Gbaway | 73 | 128 | / |
| Ngbawa | 73 | 56 | / |
| Gbawea | 73 | 55 | / |
| Gbawua | 73 | 51 | / |
| Gbauwa | 73 | 29 | / |
| Gbaswa | 73 | 27 | / |
| Gbaawa | 73 | 18 | / |
| Gbowoh | 73 | 15 | / |
| Gbobea | 73 | 11 | / |
| Gbawah | 73 | 10 | / |
| Gbovah | 73 | 6 | / |
| Gbawai | 73 | 6 | / |
| Gbowou | 73 | 3 | / |
| Gbouba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gbovea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gbawaa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gbowey | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gbab | 67 | 4 | / |
| Gbaf | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ngbawah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gbob | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gboubai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gbaw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gboshwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gbav | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngbaawa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gbaawua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gbosuah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gbawhea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gbobeah | 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 Gbowa
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