Alebu Surname
Approximately 121 people bear this surname
Alebu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 79 | 1:2,242,313 | 76,227 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Alebu (77) may also be a first name.
Alebu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alebu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Alebu is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Alebu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,649,806th most frequently held last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 60,227,652 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Alebu are found; 65 percent are found in West Africa and 65 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,100,117th most commonly held given name on earth, borne by 77 people.
Alebu is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 79 people, or 1 in 2,242,313. In Nigeria it is most common in: Edo, where 72 percent are found, Benue, where 9 percent are found and Lagos, where 6 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 28 percent are found and Uganda, where 6 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 Alebu
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