Kebkab Surname

2,075,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 82 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Kebkab Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kebkab Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania421:97,4976,070
Ethiopia361:2,709,6188,935
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
France11:66,422,722504,397
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Kebkab (27) may also be a first name.

Kebkab Last Name Facts

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

Kebkab (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺒﻜﺎﺏ) is borne by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kebkab? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,075,631st most frequently held family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 88,872,511 people. The surname Kebkab is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Kebkab are found; 51 percent are found in West Africa and 51 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. Kebkab is also the 2,036,353rd most frequently used first name on earth, held by 27 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Mauritania, where it is carried by 42 people, or 1 in 97,497. In Mauritania Kebkab is mostly concentrated in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 95 percent reside, Inchiri Region, where 2 percent reside and Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 2 percent reside. Outside of Mauritania this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Ethiopia, where 44 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kabkab83177/
Kibkab839/
Kebcab831/
Kebkoub77545/
Khabkhab714/
Ckebkoub711/
Kabkap6718/
Kobkob674/
Kepkap671/
Keupkap621/
Kephkap621/
Khobkhoub531/
Kibkov5029/
Kipkap5026/
Kepkov5010/
Kabkob502/
Kipkeb501/
Kopkap501/

Kebkab Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kebkab in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻛﺒﻜﺎﺏkbkab-

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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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  • 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 Kebkab
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