Ebbey Surname
Approximately 37 people bear this surname
Ebbey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Mauritania | 10 | 1:409,486 | 16,302 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Ebbey (51) may also be a first name.
Ebbey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ebbey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ebbey (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺑﻲ) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Ebbey.
How Common Is The Last Name Ebbey? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,228,735th most frequently used surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 196,960,700 people. The last name Ebbey occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ebbey are found; 86 percent are found in West Africa and 59 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,396,783rd most commonly held forename world-wide. It is borne by 51 people.
The surname Ebbey is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 8,435,369. In Nigeria Ebbey is primarily concentrated in: Edo, where 86 percent reside and Lagos, where 10 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 27 percent reside and South Africa, where 11 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ebbey Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ebbey in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺑﻲ | aby | 73.33 |
| ﺃﺑﻲ | aby | 20 |
| ﺍﻟﺒﻲ | alby | 6.67 |
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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 Ebbey
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