Kebei Surname
Approximately 788 people bear this surname
Kebei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 513 | 1:40,486 | 5,405 |
| Papua New Guinea | 179 | 1:45,551 | 5,636 |
| Kenya | 73 | 1:632,601 | 28,796 |
| Ivory Coast | 8 | 1:2,883,904 | 43,419 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kebei (2,366) may also be a first name.
Kebei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kebei Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kebei is found most in Cameroon. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kebei? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 435,773rd most numerous last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 9,248,155 people. Kebei occurs predominantly in Africa, where 76 percent of Kebei live; 65 percent live in Central Africa and 65 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Kebei is also the 152,768th most frequently held given name worldwide. It is borne by 2,366 people.
The surname Kebei is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 513 people, or 1 in 40,486. In Cameroon Kebei is primarily concentrated in: Southwest Region, where 50 percent reside, Northwest Region, where 42 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 4 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon this surname occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 23 percent reside and Kenya, where 9 percent reside.
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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 Kebei
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