Kebed Surname

165,565th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,616 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Kebed Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kebed Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia2,5761:37,8674,280
Mauritania221:186,1309,575
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
England11:55,718,059489,080
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Kebed (21,643) may also be a first name.

Kebed Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kebed Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Kebed (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺒﺪ) is found most frequently in Ethiopia. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kebed? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 165,565th most prevalent surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 2,785,759 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kebed reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 35,646th most commonly held given name worldwide It is held by 21,643 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Ethiopia, where it is held by 2,576 people, or 1 in 37,867. Without taking into account Ethiopia it occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Kebed Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Kebed earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 28.53% more than the national average, earning $55,458 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.67% more than the national average, earning $51,508 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Keibed91241/
Keybed912/
Keïbed911/
Kebeds911/
Kabed80225/
Kebet80109/
Kibed8024/
Kobed804/
Kebid803/
Cebed802/
Kebedova77276/
Kebets73648/
Chebed7346/
Kebete7318/
Kebite7316/
Kebetz7312/
Kaibed736/
Khabed735/
Kebeth733/
Khebet732/
Quebed732/
Khebid731/
Kobied731/
Kabedd731/
Kebett730/
Keybets6753/
Kiebiet6733/
Keibite672/
Khemped671/
Ketbhet671/
Khaibed671/
Kheibet671/
Khabeid671/
Keavead670/
Keivedt670/

Kebed Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kebed in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻛﺒﺪkbd84.62
ﺍﻟﻜﺒﺪalkbd7.69
ﺍﻛﺒﺪakbd7.69

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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 Kebed
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