Kurebe Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

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

Kurebe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kurebe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria101:17,714,276277,641
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897
Japan11:127,844,29373,547

Kurebe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kurebe is found most in Nigeria. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kurebe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,532,898th most frequent surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. The last name Kurebe is mostly found in Africa, where 53 percent of Kurebe are found; 53 percent are found in West Africa and 53 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Kurebe is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 17,714,276. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Niger, where 90 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 10 percent are found. Other than Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 42 percent are found and Japan, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kurebet921/
Kourebes868/
Kurebett863/
Kurobe833,676/
Kurabe831,745/
Kureba8355/
Kirebe8321/
Kurebi838/
Kuribe837/
Korebe835/
Kutreiber801/
Kurhabe7749/
Khurabe7734/
Kurebhi7719/
Khureba7710/
Kuroebi7710/
Kuribet779/
Kureeba778/
Kurebis776/
Kirebei772/
Kurabee772/
Kireebe771/
Kureaba771/
Koreebe771/
Kurrabe771/
Kuhtreiber7525/
Kurebehova751/
Kuhröber7139/
Kuribett715/
Kourabey714/
Khureibi714/
Kourabei713/
Koureiba712/
Kourempe711/
Kurahabe711/
Kurrabee711/
Kirabe67189/
Koreba67176/
Khuraibet67169/
Koribe67165/
Kiribe67103/
Kurabi6777/
Kuriba6735/
Kuryba6725/
Kirobe6716/
Cureba6714/
Kuraby6710/
Korebi677/
Curabe672/
Corebe672/
Kuribi671/
Cureve671/
Khouribet671/
Kurobi671/
Khoreibeh671/

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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 Kurebe
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