Hebeye Surname
Approximately 522 people bear this surname
Hebeye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 488 | 1:108,487 | 10,526 |
| Mauritania | 33 | 1:124,087 | 7,273 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Hebeye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hebeye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hebeye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻫﺒﻲ) is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hebeye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 596,518th most common surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 13,960,816 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Hebeye live; 93 percent live in East Africa and 93 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This surname is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is carried by 488 people, or 1 in 108,487. In Tanzania Hebeye is most numerous in: Kigoma Region, where 98 percent reside and Tabora Region, where 2 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 6 percent reside and Cameroon, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Hebeye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Hebeye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻫﺒﻲ | hby | 85 |
| ﻫﺒﻰ | hby | 10 |
| ﻫﺒﻴﻲ | hbyy | 5 |
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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 Hebeye
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