Radebe Surname

4,668th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 120,803 people bear this surname

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

Radebe Surname Definition:

“Ancestor of the Amahlubi” in Zulu.

Radebe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa119,9661:45226
Swaziland2781:4,670333
Lesotho1891:10,7542,443
England1621:343,93925,007
Botswana441:49,7039,263
Zimbabwe301:514,60841,883
Mozambique251:1,090,4631,880
Australia181:1,499,76175,721
United States131:27,881,456736,413
Canada121:3,070,466169,836
Iceland111:34,5542,447
Scotland71:764,83125,488
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Zambia41:3,962,48038,524
Togo41:1,811,9428,122
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
China31:455,773,85521,925
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
France11:66,422,722504,397
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372

Radebe (139) may also be a first name.

Radebe Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

“Ancestor of the Amahlubi” in Zulu.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

Radebe Last Name Facts

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

Radebe is most common in South Africa. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Radebe? popularity and diffusion

Radebe is the 4,668th most prevalent surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 60,326 people. Radebe occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Radebe reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Radebe is also the 784,558th most numerous first name internationally. It is borne by 139 people.

Radebe is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is carried by 119,966 people, or 1 in 452. In South Africa it is most common in: Gauteng, where 35 percent are found, KwaZulu-Natal, where 30 percent are found and Free State, where 17 percent are found. Without taking into account South Africa it occurs in 36 countries. It is also common in Swaziland, where 0 percent are found and Lesotho, where 0 percent are found.

Radebe Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Radebe earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 36.39% less than the national average, earning R 151,164 per year and in United States they earn 44.24% less than the national average, earning $24,062 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rhadebe92224/
Radebee922/
Radeebe921/
Raddebe921/
Radiebe921/
Raedebe921/
Hradebe921/
Readebe921/
Radebhe921/
Radibe83391/
Radeba8348/
Redebe8317/
Radeby8315/
Radabe839/
Radeve832/
Radebi832/
Rodebe831/
Radebeach802/
Radeeva77105/
Radieve7725/
Radiber774/
Radewes771/
Raydebi771/
Radhabe771/
Radebaha711/
Radhebai711/
Radevi67517/
Radabi67316/
Redobe6786/
Radewi6721/
Redeby6715/
Radjue676/
Radiba676/
Rodeby675/
Radhebhai675/
Radewa674/
Radive673/
Radyba673/
Rodobe671/
Radibi671/
Radeevych671/
Radheaver670/

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