Kebwe Surname
Approximately 290 people bear this surname
Kebwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 265 | 1:199,780 | 17,053 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Kebwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kebwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kebwe is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kebwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kebwe is the 914,967th most common last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 25,129,469 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kebwe reside; 92 percent reside in East Africa and 92 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
Kebwe is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 265 people, or 1 in 199,780. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Mara Region, where 33 percent reside, Pwani Region, where 30 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 26 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania Kebwe exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 7 percent reside and Burundi, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kebw | 89 | 1 | / |
| Kabwe | 80 | 140,331 | / |
| Kibwe | 80 | 43,184 | / |
| Kobwe | 80 | 297 | / |
| Kebwa | 80 | 111 | / |
| Kebue | 80 | 86 | / |
| Kebwi | 80 | 41 | / |
| Kepwe | 80 | 2 | / |
| Kebve | 80 | 1 | / |
| Cebwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kaheebwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Khobwe | 73 | 863 | / |
| Kebwai | 73 | 60 | / |
| Kiebwa | 73 | 21 | / |
| Keebwa | 73 | 10 | / |
| Kaabwe | 73 | 6 | / |
| Kabwea | 73 | 5 | / |
| Chebwe | 73 | 4 | / |
| Kibwey | 73 | 4 | / |
| Kabwey | 73 | 4 | / |
| Kabweh | 73 | 3 | / |
| Kibwea | 73 | 3 | / |
| Kabwei | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kaibwe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Keabue | 73 | 1 | / |
| Keubue | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kabwue | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kkabwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Khebwa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kebver | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kebbee | 73 | 0 | / |
| Keabbe | 73 | 0 | / |
| Kahabwe | 67 | 69 | / |
| Kjbw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kybw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Qebw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kibw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kibwehe | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Kebwe
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