Gbowo Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Gbowo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Gbowo Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia201:220,42714,169
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Gbowo Last Name Facts

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

Gbowo is carried by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gbowo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,798,600th most prevalent last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Gbowo reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 74 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.

Gbowo is most frequent in Liberia, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 220,427. In Liberia Gbowo is mostly found in: Lofa County, where 50 percent live, Grand Bassa County, where 35 percent live and Bomi County, where 5 percent live. Not including Liberia this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 19 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gbowoh9115/
Gbowou913/
Gboshwo831/
Gbobo80475/
Gbawo80108/
Gbowa8084/
Gbewo8043/
Gbovo801/
Gbowah7333/
Gboboh7320/
Gbawoi7320/
Gbawou7319/
Gbawoh7314/
Gbobou736/
Ngbawo734/
Gbovou733/
Gbewoo731/
Gbuwoh731/
Gbawoo731/
Gbaouho6720/
Gbawood6713/
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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 Gbowo
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