Gboye Surname
Approximately 217 people bear this surname
Gboye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 120 | 1:1,476,190 | 56,575 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Benin | 33 | 1:313,200 | 25,349 |
| Liberia | 18 | 1:244,919 | 15,115 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gboye (217) may also be a first name.
Gboye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gboye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gboye is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Gboye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gboye is the 1,118,459th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 33,583,161 people. The last name Gboye is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Gboye are found; 79 percent are found in West Africa and 71 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gboye is also the 612,983rd most frequently used first name globally, held by 217 people.
The last name Gboye is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 120 people, or 1 in 1,476,190. In Nigeria Gboye is primarily concentrated in: Delta, where 31 percent reside, Ekiti, where 18 percent reside and Lagos, where 13 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 19 percent reside and Benin, where 15 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
- 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 Gboye
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