Gogbe Surname
Approximately 12,057 people bear this surname
Gogbe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 11,790 | 1:1,957 | 195 |
| Benin | 226 | 1:45,733 | 5,813 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Liberia | 11 | 1:400,776 | 20,681 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
The alternate forms: Gogbé (2) are calculated separately.
Gogbe (4,076) may also be a first name.
Gogbe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gogbe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gogbe is carried by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country or territory. It can also appear as: Gogbé. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gogbe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 43,179th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 604,424 people. The last name Gogbe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Gogbe live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 58 percent live in Mande Africa. Gogbe is also the 109,087th most widely held given name internationally. It is borne by 4,076 people.
The surname is most common in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 11,790 people, or 1 in 1,957. In The Ivory Coast Gogbe is primarily found in: Montagnes District, where 43 percent are found, Woroba District, where 21 percent are found and Abidjan Autonomous District, where 10 percent are found. Barring The Ivory Coast Gogbe exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 2 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Gogbe
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