Arebs Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Arebs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Arebs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Arebs Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Arebs is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Arebs click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Arebs? popularity and diffusion
The last name Arebs is the 7,117,718th most widespread surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 57 percent of Arebs live; 57 percent live in Oceania Islands and 57 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
The surname is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 2,038,429. In Papua New Guinea Arebs is mostly concentrated in: Southern Highlands, where 100 percent live. Not including Papua New Guinea it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 14 percent live and Nigeria, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Areb | 89 | 2,558 | / |
| Arabs | 80 | 19,439 | / |
| Hareb | 80 | 2,235 | / |
| Areeb | 80 | 1,624 | / |
| Gareb | 80 | 1,101 | / |
| Aareb | 80 | 28 | / |
| Arebø | 80 | 4 | / |
| Arews | 80 | 4 | / |
| Areab | 80 | 3 | / |
| Arheb | 80 | 3 | / |
| Asreb | 80 | 2 | / |
| Arebh | 80 | 2 | / |
| Areib | 80 | 2 | / |
| Arieb | 80 | 2 | / |
| Aureb | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ajreb | 80 | 1 | / |
| Aribs | 80 | 1 | / |
| Areps | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ahreibsh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gareeb | 73 | 1,850 | / |
| Hareeb | 73 | 1,219 | / |
| Aarieb | 73 | 175 | / |
| Arespe | 73 | 26 | / |
| Harebh | 73 | 14 | / |
| Garreb | 73 | 10 | / |
| Gareib | 73 | 5 | / |
| Arzeeb | 73 | 4 | / |
| Arribs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gareab | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gareps | 73 | 1 | / |
| Arrabs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ahrews | 73 | 1 | / |
| Aireeb | 73 | 1 | / |
| Areebt | 73 | 1 | / |
| Arabsh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Aurzeb | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hareab | 73 | 1 | / |
| Harevs | 73 | 0 | / |
| Arib | 67 | 9,795 | / |
| Oreb | 67 | 465 | / |
| Arep | 67 | 448 | / |
| Aryb | 67 | 206 | / |
| Arev | 67 | 184 | / |
| Gahreib | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hathreb | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gareebh | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Arebs
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