Yebah Surname

2,152,526th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 77 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Yebah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yebah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania491:83,5695,424
Liberia131:339,11818,650
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Yebah (18) may also be a first name.

Yebah Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yebah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﺒﺎﻩ) is held by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Yebah? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,152,526th most prevalent surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 94,643,453 people. The last name Yebah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 87 percent of Yebah live; 84 percent live in West Africa and 64 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Yebah is also the 2,608,198th most commonly occurring forename in the world It is held by 18 people.

The surname is most widespread in Mauritania, where it is carried by 49 people, or 1 in 83,569. In Mauritania Yebah is mostly concentrated in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 49 percent are found, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 35 percent are found and Gorgol Region, where 10 percent are found. Beside Mauritania it is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 17 percent are found and Germany, where 9 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yebaha912/
Yeba892,428/
Oyiebah831/
Yebga802,147/
Yeboa801,675/
Yeboh8046/
Jebah8038/
Yesba8020/
Yibah8015/
Yebai8013/
Yebas8011/
Yetba8011/
Eebah807/
Yoeba805/
Yebay805/
Ebaih804/
Yieba803/
Yebha803/
Yebat803/
Eibah802/
E'Bah802/
Ebgah801/
Hyeba801/
Yehba801/
Yebea801/
Eba'h801/
Ebayh800/
Eba7527,618/
Jebbah73493/
Jaybah73100/
Heibah7343/
Ebahay7320/
Yesbaa7319/
Ehibah7310/
Ayieba738/
Yebass737/
Jebach737/
Eba'ah736/
Jebaha735/
Yebouh735/
Jehbah734/
E'Bhah732/
Yessba732/
Yaybah731/
Yebosh731/
Yesbas731/
Jebash731/
Jeibah731/
Yebodh731/
Yehvah731/
Yesbay731/
Heebah730/
Jeba678,258/
Ebai676,185/
Geba671,743/
Yebo671,118/
Ebay67813/
Ebau67645/
Ebea67316/
Ebha67290/
Ebaa67211/
Yeva67156/
Ebga6767/
Jaybash6740/
Ebho6735/
Ieba6731/
Eïba674/
Ijeabah673/
Iyba673/
Ebaj673/
Yéba672/
Yessbaa672/
Yjba671/
Jaybahe671/
Jebaish671/
Jaybach671/
Jaybahy671/
Hiebach671/
Ebahaya671/
Yèba671/
Yessbai671/
Yebeaux670/

Yebah Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yebah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻳﺒﺎﻩybah88.24
ﻳﺒﺎﺡybah11.76

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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 Yebah
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