Ndibu Surname

71,818th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,870 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Ndibu Surname Definition:

Ndibu is a surname of the Luba-lunda tribe, meaning: a traditional small brass hand bell.

Ndibu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo6,8131:10,8441,340
Belgium141:821,18966,436
France131:5,109,440259,941
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
England61:9,286,343223,652
Indonesia61:22,041,532555,748
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
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Ndibu (269) may also be a first name.

Ndibu Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Ndibu is a surname of the Luba-lunda tribe, meaning: a traditional small brass hand bell.

— The Names of Zambia (2019) by Simboma Mubita Lukama
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Ndibu Last Name Facts

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

Ndibu (Russian: Ндибу) is found most in The DR Congo. It may appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ndibu? popularity and diffusion

Ndibu is the 71,818th most frequently held family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 1,060,778 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ndibu reside; 99 percent reside in Central Africa and 99 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Ndibu is also the 542,091st most prevalent first name internationally It is held by 269 people.

Ndibu is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 6,813 people, or 1 in 10,844. Outside of The DR Congo it exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 0 percent are found and France, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Ndibu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ndibu in the Russian language
Ндибуndibu-

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Footnotes

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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 Ndibu
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