Yenbe Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Yenbe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yenbe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania21:2,047,43230,537
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Yenbe Last Name Facts

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

Yenbe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﻨﺐ) is borne by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yenbe? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,968,613th most frequently held last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Yenbe are found; 50 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.

This last name is most numerous in Mauritania, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 2,047,432. In Mauritania Yenbe is most numerous in: Tiris Zemmour Region, where 50 percent are found and Trarza Region, where 50 percent are found. Other than Mauritania this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 25 percent are found and The United States, where 25 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ayenbe9176/
Yenbee912/
Eyenbe911/
Oyenbe911/
Enbe8923/
Ihyenbe834/
Oyenbei831/
Ayenbee831/
Yembe803,750/
Jenbe8013/
Enbey8011/
Yenwe804/
Enbea804/
Einbe803/
Genbe803/
Yenba803/
Enbee802/
Aynbe802/
Enmbe801/
Yenby800/
Jenber735,474/
Iyembe73843/
Ayembe73609/
Hyembe73166/
Eyembe73144/
Ayanbe73101/
Yembet7372/
Oyinbe7364/
Oyembe7361/
Yiembe7359/
Uyembe7349/
Yember7316/
Aynebe7315/
Yembeu7310/
Ayinbe739/
Ajenbe735/
Yembei734/
Genbee734/
Eyenbi734/
Iyanbe733/
Oyenba732/
Ayonbe732/
Yembie732/
Yenwei732/
Eunbee732/
Ejenbe732/
Eynebe731/
Ienber731/
Oyenbi731/
Gienbe731/
Eyenba731/
Ouenbe731/
Yennba731/
Yenoue731/
Yenweh731/
Yenwie731/
Yoinbe731/
Yoenue731/
Einber730/
Jenbey730/
Eysenbeys719/
Embe671,100/
Ihyembe67317/
Enbi67142/
Yetembe6775/
Gayembe6731/
Yembehe6721/
Owenbey6717/
Ayanbee6716/
Ayonbee6713/
Enue6711/
Iyanbee679/
Ayonber677/
Ihyanbe676/
Ehnbåge675/
Enve674/
Yihembe674/
Uhyembe674/
Enby673/
Oyeembe672/
Aytembe672/
Einberh672/
Gayanbe671/
Ayembee671/
Agienbe671/
Ayunbeh671/
Einbech671/
Ayienba671/
Jenmber671/
Ayember671/
Ajenbge671/
Yiyanbe671/
Hayembe671/
Hiyanbe671/
Owenbei671/
Ojenmbe671/
Iyanber671/
Hiyembe671/
Hhyembe671/
Heinber670/

Yenbe Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yenbe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻳﻨﺐynb-

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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 Yenbe
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