Alebe Surname
Approximately 519 people bear this surname
Alebe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 212 | 1:835,579 | 36,885 |
| Uganda | 119 | 1:328,061 | 22,062 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| France | 52 | 1:1,277,360 | 130,443 |
| Ethiopia | 36 | 1:2,709,618 | 8,935 |
| Ivory Coast | 23 | 1:1,003,097 | 24,580 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
The alternate forms: Alèbe (1) & Alébé (1) are calculated separately.
Alebe (3,666) may also be a first name.
Alebe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alebe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Alebe is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can occur in the variant forms: Alèbe or Alébé. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alebe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 599,225th most widespread surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 14,041,514 people. The last name Alebe occurs mostly in Africa, where 85 percent of Alebe are found; 43 percent are found in West Africa and 43 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Alebe is also the 116,581st most frequently held first name in the world, held by 3,666 people.
Alebe is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 212 people, or 1 in 835,579. In Nigeria Alebe is most frequent in: Bayelsa, where 37 percent are found, Lagos, where 21 percent are found and Delta, where 20 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 23 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 12 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 Alebe
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