Gbowoe Surname
Approximately 85 people bear this surname
Gbowoe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 84 | 1:52,483 | 4,660 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Gbowoe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gbowoe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gbowoe occurs more in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gbowoe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gbowoe is the 2,034,059th most numerous surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 85,735,834 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gbowoe live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.
This surname is most widely held in Liberia, where it is carried by 84 people, or 1 in 52,483. In Liberia it is primarily found in: Grand Gedeh County, where 95 percent live, Bong County, where 1 percent live and Lofa County, where 1 percent live. Not including Liberia this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Kenya, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gbawoe | 83 | 9 | / |
| Gbewoe | 83 | 6 | / |
| Gbowou | 83 | 3 | / |
| Gbowoui | 77 | 31 | / |
| Gbowu | 73 | 27 | / |
| Gbovoeha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gbaboe | 67 | 113 | / |
| Gbawou | 67 | 19 | / |
| Gbobou | 67 | 6 | / |
| Gbovou | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gbawae | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hgbovoedd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gbawoo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gboiwu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngbawou | 62 | 2 | / |
| Ngbuowu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Gbawoui | 62 | 1 | / |
| Gbevoeha | 57 | 75 | / |
| Ngbawoui | 57 | 16 | / |
| Ngbahwou | 57 | 1 | / |
| Gbawu | 55 | 64 | / |
| Gbovu | 55 | 1 | / |
| Gbobu | 55 | 1 | / |
| Gbavou | 50 | 407 | / |
| Gbabeu | 50 | 109 | / |
| Gbabou | 50 | 35 | / |
| Gbawuu | 50 | 2 | / |
| Ngbawu | 50 | 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
- 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 Gbowoe
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