Nebah Surname
Approximately 327 people bear this surname
Nebah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 189 | 1:109,889 | 12,825 |
| Algeria | 114 | 1:338,873 | 31,417 |
| Iran | 12 | 1:6,398,544 | 138,820 |
| Mauritania | 8 | 1:511,858 | 18,608 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nebah (74) may also be a first name.
Nebah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nebah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nebah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻧﺒﺎﻩ) is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nebah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 841,044th most prevalent surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 22,286,073 people. The surname Nebah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Nebah reside; 57 percent reside in Central Africa and 57 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,125,792nd most common first name world-wide, held by 74 people.
The surname Nebah is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is held by 189 people, or 1 in 109,889. In Cameroon Nebah is primarily concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 66 percent live, Southwest Region, where 19 percent live and Littoral Region, where 11 percent live. Beside Cameroon this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 35 percent live and Iran, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nebah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nebah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻧﺒﺎﻩ | nbah | 83.33 |
| ﺍﻟﻨﺒﺎﻩ | alnbah | 16.67 |
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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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- 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 Nebah
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