Waribe Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Waribe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Waribe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya71:6,597,12951,431
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791

Waribe (47) may also be a first name.

Waribe Last Name Facts

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

Waribe is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Waribe? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,587,209th most prevalent last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 58 percent of Waribe live; 58 percent live in East Africa and 42 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,467,136th most commonly held given name on earth It is held by 47 people.

It is most numerous in Kenya, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 6,597,129. In Kenya Waribe is most frequent in: Kiambu County, where 57 percent live, Kajiado County, where 14 percent live and Kisii County, where 14 percent live. Besides Kenya it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 25 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wairibe921/
Wariebe921/
Warriber861/
Baribe83558/
Wariba83124/
Waribi8372/
Woribe8331/
Warebe8328/
Warube833/
Wariebi77435/
Wareibi7711/
Waribai778/
Baribee775/
Waribay772/
Wouribe771/
Warribi771/
Baribea771/
Warieba771/
Warubea771/
Wheribe771/
Wairebe771/
Werribee717/
Warriebi717/
Wouriebe711/
Wairuiba711/
Warriboy711/
Bajribeh711/
Warrebey711/
Barribea711/
Bearibee710/
Varibi67261/
Baribi67226/
Wareba67196/
Barebe67181/
Warebi67102/
Werebe6739/
Warubi6732/
Weribi6725/
Veribe6711/
Boribe679/
Variba678/
Barheibeh677/
Varive675/
Barive673/
Werube672/
Woriba672/
Wareby672/
Varube671/
Worube671/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Waribe
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