Gbowo Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Gbowo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 20 | 1:220,427 | 14,169 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gbowo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gbowo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gbowo is held by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gbowo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gbowo is the 3,798,600th most widespread last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Gbowo reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 74 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.
It is most frequently occurring in Liberia, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 220,427. In Liberia it is primarily concentrated in: Lofa County, where 50 percent reside, Grand Bassa County, where 35 percent reside and Bomi County, where 5 percent reside. Excluding Liberia Gbowo exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 19 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 4 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
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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 Gbowo
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