Libah Surname
Approximately 1,534 people bear this surname
Libah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somaliland | 715 | 1:4,895 | 413 |
| Somalia | 343 | 1:39,219 | 1,895 |
| Israel | 274 | 1:31,232 | 4,432 |
| Kenya | 81 | 1:570,122 | 27,144 |
| Cameroon | 66 | 1:314,683 | 29,051 |
| Malaysia | 29 | 1:1,017,042 | 45,504 |
| Mauritania | 8 | 1:511,858 | 18,608 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Djibouti | 4 | 1:228,733 | 966 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Libah (942) may also be a first name.
Libah Demographics
Libah Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Libah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Libah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Libah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻟﺒﺎﻩ, Hindi: लीबह) is found in Somaliland more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Libah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 256,892nd most frequent family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 4,750,682 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 79 percent of Libah live; 75 percent live in East Africa and 69 percent live in Cushitic Africa. Libah is also the 263,269th most frequently held first name at a global level. It is borne by 942 people.
Libah is most frequently occurring in Somaliland, where it is borne by 715 people, or 1 in 4,895. Barring Somaliland this last name occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Somalia, where 22 percent live and Israel, where 18 percent live.
Libah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily Muslim (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Libah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Libah in the Hindi language | ||
| लीबह | libaha | - |
| Libah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻟﺒﺎﻩ | lbah | 66.67 |
| ﻟﻴﺒﺎﻩ | lybah | 33.33 |
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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 Libah
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