Tibebe Surname

23,980th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22,562 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Tibebe Surname User-submission:

The surname Tibebe means 'wisdom of' or 'wise' in the Ge'ez language.

Tibebe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia22,5371:4,328709
United States171:21,321,114641,998
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Tibebe (16,196) may also be a first name.

Tibebe Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname Tibebe means 'wisdom of' or 'wise' in the Ge'ez language.

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Tibebe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tibebe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﺒﻴﻴﻪ) is borne by more people in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tibebe? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 23,980th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 323,001 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Tibebe reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Tibebe is also the 44,050th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, held by 16,196 people.

The last name Tibebe is most common in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 22,537 people, or 1 in 4,328. Not including Ethiopia it occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent reside.

Tibebe Last Name Statistics demography

Tibebe earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 18.22% more than the national average, earning $51,012 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tibebeu9225/
Tibebie921/
Tibebech861/
Taibeube861/
Tebebe834,523/
Tibibe8349/
Tibabe836/
Tibebi833/
Tibobe833/
Tibeba831/
Tibeeva7790/
Tibiebi7718/
Tibibet774/
Ttibebi773/
Tyobebe771/
Tebebet771/
Tibebiy771/
Taibobe771/
Tibewei771/
Tibebish711/
Teubeube711/
Tebibe6774/
Tibabi6724/
Tebebi6723/
Tebeba6713/
Tibewa6711/
Tibibi678/
Tywebe674/
Tibiba673/
Tebewa672/
Tebewe671/
Tibobi671/
Tivebi671/
Thaibabee671/

Tibebe Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tibebe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺗﺒﻴﻴﻪtbyyh-

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Footnotes

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