Dalibu Surname

1,785,358th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 106 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Dalibu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dalibu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria981:1,807,57965,389
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897

Dalibu (279) may also be a first name.

Dalibu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Dalibu Come From? nationality or country of origin

Dalibu is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of Dalibu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dalibu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,785,358th most frequently held family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 68,750,433 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Dalibu live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 531,524th most commonly held first name internationally, held by 279 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 98 people, or 1 in 1,807,579. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Zamfara, where 27 percent live, Taraba, where 24 percent live and Kano, where 19 percent live. Beside Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Dalibou92174/
Dalibout862/
Dalibouy861/
Daliwu8339/
Dalibouth801/
Delibou771/
Dalebou771/
Dalebout71936/
Dalivous7123/
Delaibau719/
Dalivoust6774/
Daleboudt6765/
Delebu6762/
D'Alebout674/
Dailleboust5949/
Doliveux5765/
D'Ailleboust569/

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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 Dalibu
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis