Gnabaly Surname

404,712th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 866 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Senegal
Highest density in:
Senegal

Gnabaly Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Gnabaly 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
Senegal8221:17,736492
Guinea401:295,8451,103
France31:22,140,907385,998
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Gnabaly Last Name Facts

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

The surname Gnabaly has its highest incidence in Senegal. It may be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Gnabaly.

How Common Is The Last Name Gnabaly? popularity and diffusion

Gnabaly is the 404,712th most widespread surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,415,180 people. Gnabaly is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gnabaly live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Senegambia Africa.

The surname Gnabaly is most widely held in Senegal, where it is borne by 822 people, or 1 in 17,736. In Senegal it is primarily found in: Sédhiou Region, where 45 percent are found, Kolda Region, where 17 percent are found and Ziguinchor Region, where 15 percent are found. Apart from Senegal this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Guinea, where 5 percent are found and France, where 0 percent are found.

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
Gnabally931/
Gnabalyi931/
Gnabala8612/
Gnabali862/
Gnabale861/
Gnabalet805/
Ngnabale801/
Gnabaile801/
Gnovalli531/
Gnanpole531/

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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 Gnabaly
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