Gobvu Surname
Approximately 798 people bear this surname
Gobvu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 763 | 1:20,234 | 3,016 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gobvu (22) may also be a first name.
Gobvu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gobvu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gobvu is found most in Zimbabwe. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gobvu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 431,494th most commonly held family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 9,132,263 people. The last name Gobvu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Gobvu are found; 97 percent are found in Southern Africa and 97 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most common first name on earth, borne by 22 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 763 people, or 1 in 20,234. In Zimbabwe it is most numerous in: Masvingo Province, where 31 percent live, Harare Province, where 22 percent live and Mashonaland West Province, where 16 percent live. Excluding Zimbabwe it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.
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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 Gobvu
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