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 found most frequently in Liberia. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kebay? popularity and diffusion
Kebay is the 3,957,383rd most commonly held last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. The last name Kebay occurs predominantly in Africa, where 68 percent of Kebay reside; 68 percent reside in West Africa and 64 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 1,171,416th most commonly occurring first name on earth, borne by 69 people.
The surname Kebay is most prevalent in Liberia, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 275,533. In Liberia Kebay is primarily concentrated in: Nimba County, where 94 percent live and Montserrado County, where 6 percent live. Aside from Liberia this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Yemen, where 12 percent live and The Philippines, where 8 percent live.
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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