Ebei Surname
Approximately 6,515 people bear this surname
Ebei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 5,729 | 1:8,061 | 1,059 |
| Nigeria | 681 | 1:260,122 | 14,940 |
| Papua New Guinea | 38 | 1:214,572 | 29,580 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Cameroon | 24 | 1:865,378 | 58,754 |
| Taiwan | 7 | 1:3,349,249 | 20,155 |
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Ebei (1,610) may also be a first name.
Ebei Demographics
Ebei Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ebei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ebei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ebei (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﺑﻲ) is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ebei? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 75,339th most common family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,118,580 people. The surname Ebei occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ebei reside; 88 percent reside in East Africa and 82 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Ebei is also the 192,553rd most widespread first name world-wide, borne by 1,610 people.
It is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is held by 5,729 people, or 1 in 8,061. In Kenya Ebei is mostly found in: Turkana County, where 93 percent reside, Trans Nzoia County, where 4 percent reside and Nakuru County, where 2 percent reside. Aside from Kenya it exists in 11 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 10 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent reside.
Ebei Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ebei Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ebei in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﺑﻲ | aby | 66.67 |
| ﺍﺑﻲ | aby | 33.33 |
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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 Ebei
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