Kibuba Surname

660,498th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 455 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Kibuba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kibuba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1871:246,95116,928
Tanzania1821:290,88822,561
DR Congo551:1,343,26579,223
Angola251:1,079,5693,117
Uganda41:9,759,820144,676
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669

Kibuba (32) may also be a first name.

Kibuba Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kibuba occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kibuba? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kibuba is the 660,498th most commonly held family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 16,016,584 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kibuba are found; 82 percent are found in East Africa and 82 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Kibuba is also the 1,840,253rd most widespread first name on earth. It is borne by 32 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 187 people, or 1 in 246,951. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Kiambu County, where 45 percent are found, Nyandarua County, where 28 percent are found and Muranga County, where 20 percent are found. Not including Kenya this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 40 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 12 percent are found.

Kibuba Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kaibuba924/
Keibuba924/
Kiboba831,949/
Kibubi83509/
Kububa83192/
Cibuba8321/
Kibube831/
Kebuba831/
Kibuva831/
Chibuba7719/
Quibuba775/
Kebouba774/
Kiboube771/
Kibuebo771/
Chibouba711/
Kieboube711/
Khiboube711/
Kibobo67592/
Kibobi67106/
Kibobe67105/
Chibubhai6743/
Keboba6727/
Kivubi6711/
Chiboubea671/

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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 Kibuba
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