Djeb Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Djeb Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Djeb Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon81:2,596,134118,056
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Mauritania21:2,047,43230,537
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422

Djeb Last Name Facts

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

The surname Djeb (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺟﺐ) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of Djeb click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Djeb? popularity and diffusion

Djeb is the 5,213,395th most widely held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 79 percent of Djeb live; 43 percent live in Central Africa and 36 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

The surname Djeb is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 2,596,134. In Cameroon Djeb is most frequent in: Centre Region, where 38 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 25 percent are found and North Region, where 25 percent are found. Besides Cameroon this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 21 percent are found and Mauritania, where 14 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Djeab891/
Djieb891/
Jeb861,305/
Dieb751,047/
Jeeb75781/
Djib75231/
Jeib758/
Djep758/
Jebs757/
Dyeb752/
Tjeb752/
Deéb752/
Jebh751/
Dceb751/
Dcjb751/
Jejb751/
Hjeb751/
Jgeb750/
Djebowa731/
Deheb671,102/
Djaib67543/
Djepe67121/
Dhieb6782/
Dehib6719/
Djuib678/
Dijev678/
Djipe677/
Djeph674/
Djibp673/
Djiob672/
Diajb672/
Jeesb672/
Tjeeb671/
Djiep671/
Dietb671/
Hdieb671/
Deaib671/
D'Yeb671/
Dioeb671/
Djiev671/
Hjeib671/
Diebs671/
Drzeb671/

Djeb Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Djeb in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺟﺐjb75
ﺍﺟﺐajb25

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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 Djeb
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