Leribe Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Leribe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Leribe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa461:1,177,77667,773
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402

Leribe (61) may also be a first name.

Leribe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Leribe occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Leribe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,843,861st most numerous last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Leribe live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Leribe is also the 1,257,960th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 61 people.

The surname is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is held by 46 people, or 1 in 1,177,776. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Limpopo, where 54 percent reside and Gauteng, where 46 percent reside. Not including South Africa Leribe is found in one country. It is also common in Lesotho, where 2 percent reside.

Leribe Last Name Statistics demography

Leribe earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 74.19% less than the national average, earning R 61,332 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lehriber860/
Leriba83470/
Laribe83177/
Liribe832/
Leribi831/
Larribe77569/
Laribee77262/
Laribie774/
Lereibi772/
Lerebea772/
Lerieva771/
Liribed771/
Lereiby771/
Leariby771/
Laraibe771/
Leareibi7123/
Leareiby712/
Leiraiby711/
Larribey711/
Larribee711/
Laereibi711/
Larribea710/
Laribi6722,489/
Lerebi6748/
Lereba6732/
Loribi676/
Lariby675/
Leriva675/
Lereve672/
Lereby672/
Lorube672/
Leriwa672/
Lorebe671/
Liriba671/
Larube671/
Larebe671/

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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 Leribe
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