Yebbe Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Yebbe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yebbe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania191:215,51910,553
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

The alternate forms: Yebbé (1) are calculated separately.

Yebbe (50) may also be a first name.

Yebbe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yebbe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﺐ) is found in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Yebbé. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yebbe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Yebbe is the 4,307,654th most frequently occurring last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yebbe live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 1,412,538th most frequently occurring first name globally, held by 50 people.

It is most commonly held in Mauritania, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 215,519. In Mauritania it is most frequent in: Trarza Region, where 68 percent live, Assaba Region, where 11 percent live and Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 11 percent live. Without taking into account Mauritania this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 5 percent live and Uganda, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yebbé931/
Oyebbe912/
Ayebbe911/
Yebber911/
Ebbe891,499/
Yjebbes831/
Yebba80453/
Gebbe80105/
Ebbey8037/
Jebbe8030/
Eibbe8028/
Yewbe8019/
Yebue805/
Uebbe805/
Yebbi804/
Ebbei802/
Yebby802/
Aybbe801/
Yeboue7312,443/
Jebber7370/
Eyabbe7330/
Jebbes739/
Jebbie735/
Ayebba734/
Jebbet732/
Ebbeih732/
Hoebbe731/
Ejobbe731/
Yebueh731/
Jebbee731/
Oybebe731/
Heubbe730/
Gebbey730/
Yebouet672,809/
Ebue671,301/
Ebbi67306/
Ebby67166/
Jebbett67152/
Heibbed6715/
Ebbehøj6714/
Ebve673/
Hiebber672/
Heubber672/
Ebbé671/
Jebbedt671/

Yebbe Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yebbe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻳﺐyb86.67
ﻳﺒﻪybh13.33

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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
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  • 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 Yebbe
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