Kabu Surname
Approximately 22,292 people bear this surname
Kabu Surname Definition:
Kabu is a surname of the Lozi tribe, meaning: steenbok antelope.
Read More About This SurnameKabu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 6,681 | 1:13,761 | 1,646 |
| DR Congo | 6,437 | 1:11,477 | 1,423 |
| Ghana | 2,771 | 1:9,751 | 1,311 |
| Indonesia | 1,627 | 1:81,284 | 8,601 |
| Malawi | 1,046 | 1:16,366 | 2,570 |
| Japan | 710 | 1:180,062 | 8,492 |
| Nigeria | 686 | 1:258,226 | 14,856 |
| India | 316 | 1:2,427,422 | 78,227 |
| Papua New Guinea | 311 | 1:26,218 | 2,922 |
| Kenya | 308 | 1:149,935 | 11,921 |
| Turkey | 262 | 1:297,028 | 19,513 |
| Solomon Islands | 244 | 1:2,377 | 215 |
| Tanzania | 171 | 1:309,600 | 23,673 |
| South Africa | 128 | 1:423,263 | 36,588 |
| Fiji | 126 | 1:7,098 | 1,425 |
| Malaysia | 74 | 1:398,571 | 20,802 |
| Botswana | 72 | 1:30,374 | 6,067 |
| Uganda | 63 | 1:619,671 | 32,575 |
| Zimbabwe | 46 | 1:335,614 | 32,404 |
| Nepal | 40 | 1:712,024 | 5,177 |
| Philippines | 30 | 1:3,374,607 | 147,509 |
| Uzbekistan | 22 | 1:1,405,870 | 25,726 |
| United States | 21 | 1:17,259,949 | 572,238 |
| Brazil | 13 | 1:16,467,256 | 295,032 |
| Russia | 11 | 1:13,102,096 | 377,010 |
| Panama | 9 | 1:434,695 | 8,518 |
| Afghanistan | 8 | 1:4,019,148 | 21,487 |
| Zambia | 8 | 1:1,981,240 | 32,669 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Sierra Leone | 4 | 1:1,772,408 | 958 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
Kabu (9,221) may also be a first name.
Kabu Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Kabu is a surname of the Lozi tribe, meaning: steenbok antelope.
User-submitted Reference
Kabu is one of the many names given to a first male child amongst the Kabiawe clan of the Ga-Adangbe tribe of Ghana in West Africa. Kabu means 'big house'. The Ga-Adangbe tribe in modern times are settled on the coast of the Gulf of Guinea in the east of Ghana (Gold Coast), having emigrated from Nubia.
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Average Kabu Salary in
United States
$47,781 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kabu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kabu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kabu (Arabic: كابو, Bengali: কাবু, Hindi: कबू, Marathi: काबु, Oriya: କାବୁ, Russian: Кабу, Tibetan: ཀ་བུ།) is more frequently found in Egypt than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Kabu.
How Common Is The Last Name Kabu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 24,264th most common surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 326,913 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Kabu are found; 30 percent are found in North Africa and 30 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 64,662nd most frequent forename world-wide. It is borne by 9,221 people.
Kabu is most commonly occurring in Egypt, where it is held by 6,681 people, or 1 in 13,761. Barring Egypt Kabu is found in 53 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 29 percent live and Ghana, where 12 percent live.
Kabu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Kabu surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
The amount Kabu earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 21.39% less than the national average, earning R 186,816 per year and in United States they earn 10.73% more than the national average, earning $47,781 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kabu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kabu in the Bengali language | ||
| কাবু | kabu | - |
| Kabu in the Oriya language | ||
| କାବୁ | kabu | 94.49 |
| କାବୁାଇଁ | kabua'im | 2.12 |
| କବୁ | kabu | 2.12 |
| ବାବୁ | babu | 0.42 |
| କାବୂ | kabu | 0.42 |
| Kabu in the Hindi language | ||
| कबू | kabu | 64.26 |
| कबु | kabu | 31.85 |
| काबू | kabu | 2.56 |
| काबु | kabu | 1.34 |
| Kabu in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཀ་བུ། | kabu | 60 |
| དཀར་བུ། | karbu | 20 |
| ཀ་བུ་ | kabu | 20 |
| Kabu in the Marathi language | ||
| काबु | kabu | 45.99 |
| काबू | kabu | 28.69 |
| कबु | kabu | 18.57 |
| कबू | kabu | 6.33 |
| Kabu in the Russian language | ||
| Кабу | kabu | - |
| Kabu in the Arabic language | ||
| كابو | kabw | - |
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