Gobvu Surname

431,494th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 798 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Gobvu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gobvu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe7631:20,2343,016
England171:3,277,533109,658
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
Mozambique41:6,815,3924,272
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

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 held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Gobvu.

How Common Is The Last Name Gobvu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 431,494th most frequently used surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,132,263 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Gobvu reside; 97 percent reside in Southern Africa and 97 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most common first name world-wide, borne by 22 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 763 people, or 1 in 20,234. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Masvingo Province, where 31 percent are found, Harare Province, where 22 percent are found and Mashonaland West Province, where 16 percent are found. Aside from Zimbabwe this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngobvu912/
Obvu894/
Gabvu804/
Govvu804/
Gobbu804/
Gobbeu731/
Gobbus731/
Obvuhe731/
Obbu67426/
Obwu67144/
Ovwu6710/
Gobbout671/
Ovvu671/
Goubbou671/
Abvu671/

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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 Gobvu
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