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 carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kebei? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 435,773rd most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 9,248,155 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 76 percent of Kebei are found; 65 percent are found in Central Africa and 65 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 152,768th most commonly used forename worldwide. It is borne by 2,366 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 513 people, or 1 in 40,486. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Southwest Region, where 50 percent are found, Northwest Region, where 42 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 4 percent are found. Other than Cameroon it is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 23 percent are found and Kenya, where 9 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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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