Kibu Surname

129,868th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,486 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Kibu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kibu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia2,4151:40,3924,505
DR Congo5681:130,07013,970
Cameroon1391:149,41816,457
Papua New Guinea1141:71,5249,336
Malawi1051:163,03916,499
Indonesia691:1,916,655121,671
Nigeria361:4,920,632129,434
Kenya171:2,716,46537,471
Tanzania51:10,588,32375,430
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
England21:27,859,030389,889
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Bhutan11:616,0391,715

Kibu (653) may also be a first name.

Kibu Last Name Facts

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

Kibu (Oriya: କିବୁ, Russian: Кибу, Tibetan: སྐྱིད་བུ།) is found in Ethiopia more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kibu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 129,868th most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 2,090,518 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Kibu reside; 70 percent reside in East Africa and 69 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Kibu is also the 324,981st most prevalent first name at a global level It is held by 653 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 2,415 people, or 1 in 40,392. Not including Ethiopia it exists in 20 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 16 percent are found and Cameroon, where 4 percent are found.

Kibu Last Name Statistics demography

Kibu earn a lot less than the average income. In Norway they earn 44.24% less than the national average, earning 192,962 kr per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kibui895,367/
Kibou891,489/
Kaibu89522/
Kibau89423/
Kibuh89246/
Kibeu89116/
Kibuu8968/
Koibu8952/
Keibu8924/
Kiebu8919/
Kibgu899/
Kibhu897/
Kuibu896/
Kibud894/
Hkibu891/
Kijbu891/
Kibuy891/
Kaibou80992/
Kibouh80118/
Kitbut8054/
Kaibau8042/
Kaibut8040/
Kuibou8028/
Khaibu8010/
Kaibui8010/
Keibus808/
Keibou806/
Kuibut805/
Kiobau804/
Koibui802/
Kibout802/
Kiobeu802/
Kibhut801/
Kiebuh801/
Kibuhe801/
Koibau801/
Koibou801/
Kiebou801/
Kuibuș801/
Kiboud801/
Kuibud801/
Kubu754,202/
Kebu753,492/
Cibu751,127/
Qibu755/
Kibouch73412/
Kaibous73276/
Khuibut73213/
Khaibut73115/
Kaibeuh734/
Khibaus731/
Kaibouh731/
Kiebeuh731/
Keijbus731/
Khaibud731/
Keibout731/
Chibu67845/
Khubu67709/
Kebuh67356/
Kebou67318/
Cibau67215/
Kuybu67166/
Kubau6799/
Kebui6762/
Kubuh6744/
Kuebu6742/
Keabu6741/
Kybus6735/
Kebau6730/
Kebuz6720/
Kýbus6714/
Qibou6710/
Kebhu6710/
Cibeu679/
Kiboo679/
Kaibouss678/
Kehbu677/
Kahiebou677/
Kubui676/
Khebu675/
Kimpu674/
Kishbauh674/
Khaibuth672/
Kuubu672/
Kaibouch672/
Qhibu672/
Caibu672/
Kebup671/
Keebu671/
Kiboe671/
Kivhu671/
Kybup671/
Kichbush671/
Kuivu671/
Khibouss671/

Kibu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kibu in the Oriya language
କିବୁkibu-
Kibu in the Tibetan language
སྐྱིད་བུ།kyibu50
སྐྱིད་བུ་kyibu33.33
སྐུ་བུ།kubu16.67
Kibu in the Russian language
Кибуkibu-

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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 Kibu
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