Gbua Surname

1,061,269th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 235 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Gbua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gbua Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1711:432,04435,878
Nigeria471:3,768,995108,818
Indonesia161:8,265,575327,276
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Gbua Last Name Facts

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

The last name Gbua is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gbua? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,061,269th most commonly held family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 31,010,834 people. The surname Gbua occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Gbua live; 73 percent live in Central Africa and 73 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

The last name Gbua is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is held by 171 people, or 1 in 432,044. Besides The DR Congo this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 20 percent reside and Indonesia, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngbua89187/
Gbuah8940/
Gbwua892/
Gbouha808/
Gbuaha804/
Gbwa7586/
Gbuo7528/
Gbba752/
Gvba751/
Gquba6732/
Gbway679/
Gbvah671/
Gbwah671/
Gbwai671/
Gbwea671/
Gquva671/

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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 Gbua
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