Kabiye Surname
Approximately 163 people bear this surname
Kabiye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 46 | 1:344,564 | 18,269 |
| Cameroon | 37 | 1:561,326 | 43,620 |
| Uganda | 37 | 1:1,055,116 | 44,846 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Somaliland | 1 | 1:3,500,182 | 1,592 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kabiye (128) may also be a first name.
Kabiye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kabiye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kabiye is most common in Zambia. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Kabiye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kabiye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,359,010th most frequently occurring surname globally, held by around 1 in 44,708,871 people. The last name Kabiye is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Kabiye are found; 43 percent are found in Central Africa and 28 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Kabiye is also the 821,896th most frequently used first name in the world, held by 128 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is borne by 46 people, or 1 in 344,564. In Zambia it is most numerous in: Western Province, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Zambia this last name exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 23 percent are found and Uganda, where 23 percent are found.
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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 Kabiye
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