Kibbs Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Kibbs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kibbs Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
England11:55,718,059489,080
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:2,708,37473,770
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States241:2,092,445103,667

Kibbs (6) may also be a first name.

Kibbs Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kibbs is most common in Papua New Guinea. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kibbs? popularity and diffusion

The last name Kibbs is the 8,193,072nd most frequently occurring surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. Kibbs is predominantly found in Oceania, where 60 percent of Kibbs live; 60 percent live in Oceania Islands and 60 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 4,967,096th most numerous forename worldwide, borne by 6 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 2,717,906. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Eastern Highlands, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 20 percent reside and Jamaica, where 20 percent reside.

Kibbs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Kibbs has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name decreased 89 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kubbs8036/
Cibbs805/
Qibbs801/
Kibbz801/
Kebbs800/
Khubbs732/
Chibbs732/
Caibbs731/
Kubbsh731/
Chebbs551/
Quebbs550/
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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 Kibbs
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