Kiabu Surname

71,997th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,854 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Kiabu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kiabu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo6,8071:10,8531,344
Papua New Guinea401:203,84328,184
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Kiabu (86) may also be a first name.

Kiabu Last Name Facts

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

Kiabu is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kiabu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kiabu is the 71,997th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 1,063,254 people. The last name Kiabu is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kiabu reside; 99 percent reside in Central Africa and 99 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,032,266th most commonly used first name worldwide, held by 86 people.

The surname Kiabu is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 6,807 people, or 1 in 10,853. Aside from The DR Congo this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live and Indonesia, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kiabou915,058/
Kijabu912/
Kihabu912/
Kiabau911/
Kijjabu837/
Kayiabu831/
Kyabu8023,162/
Kayiabou77118/
Kaiyabut7710/
Kaiyabud775/
Kuiyabut772/
Kihabout771/
Chiabu737/
Kyabou735/
Kiobau734/
Kiobeu732/
Koiobu731/
Kiavou731/
Kijobu731/
Khiavu731/
Khuiyabut711/
Chiabou67145/
Chihabu6738/
Chiabeu671/
Cjiabou671/
Kajjabu671/
Keabouh671/
Kianpou671/

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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 Kiabu
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