Kebay Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Kebay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 16 | 1:275,533 | 16,331 |
| Yemen | 3 | 1:8,808,431 | 35,773 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
Kebay (69) may also be a first name.
Kebay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kebay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kebay (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺒﺎﻱ) is carried by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kebay? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,957,383rd most commonly used last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 68 percent of Kebay reside; 68 percent reside in West Africa and 64 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. Kebay is also the 1,171,416th most widely held forename throughout the world, held by 69 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Liberia, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 275,533. In Liberia Kebay is mostly concentrated in: Nimba County, where 94 percent reside and Montserrado County, where 6 percent reside. Outside of Liberia this surname is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Yemen, where 12 percent reside and The Philippines, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kebay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kebay in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺒﺎﻱ | kbay | - |
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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 Kebay
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