Nebby Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Nebby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nebby Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania261:157,4958,595
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Nebby (399) may also be a first name.

Nebby Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nebby (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻨﺐ) is found most in Mauritania. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nebby? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nebby is the 3,798,600th most widely held last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name Nebby is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Nebby live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Nebby is also the 432,205th most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 399 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Mauritania, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 157,495. In Mauritania it is primarily found in: Tiris Zemmour Region, where 85 percent live, Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 12 percent live and Tagant Region, where 4 percent live. Without taking into account Mauritania Nebby is found in one country. It is also found in Kenya, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Noebby911/
Neibby911/
Newby8024,481/
Nobby80729/
Nebba80620/
Nebbe80182/
Nabby8072/
Nibby8021/
Nebbi8020/
Nevby8010/
Nebuay73743/
Newbey73101/
Newboy7398/
Nobbay7326/
Nebbio7312/
Nebbaa734/
Nebbit733/
Newbuy733/
Nabbey732/
Nibbey732/
Nebvay731/
Nebuey731/
Ngebbe731/
Nobbey731/
Noebbe731/
Nebbis731/
Newbys731/
Nebber731/
Nibbys731/
Newbiy731/
Nebbie731/
Nebbea731/
Nabbiy731/
Newbay730/
Neibbe730/
Nhewby730/
Nebbed730/
Nebbitt67123/
Nebbett6780/
Nebbais671/
Nebbish671/
Nesbbit670/
Nebbeth670/

Nebby Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nebby in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻨﺐalnb42.86
ﺍﻟﻨﺒﻲalnby21.43
ﻧﻮﺑﻲnwby14.29
ﻧﺐnb14.29
ﺃﻧﺐanb7.14

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Nebby
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