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
Gogbe is found in The Ivory Coast more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as: Gogbé. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gogbe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Gogbe is the 43,179th most frequently held family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 604,424 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Gogbe live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 58 percent live in Mande Africa. It is also the 109,087th most frequently occurring forename in the world, held by 4,076 people.
The last name is most widespread in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 11,790 people, or 1 in 1,957. In The Ivory Coast Gogbe is most numerous in: Montagnes District, where 43 percent live, Woroba District, where 21 percent live and Abidjan Autonomous District, where 10 percent live. Aside from The Ivory Coast this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 2 percent live and The DR Congo, where 0 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 Gogbe
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