Yewbe Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Yewbe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Yewbe Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania181:227,49210,961
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669

Yewbe Last Name Facts

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

Yewbe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﻮﺏ) has its highest incidence in Mauritania. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yewbe? popularity and diffusion

The last name Yewbe is the 4,532,898th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Yewbe reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.

This surname is most commonly held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 227,492. In Mauritania Yewbe is most numerous in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 61 percent live, Brakna Region, where 28 percent live and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 6 percent live. Barring Mauritania this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Ethiopia, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yebbe8021/
Ewbej8014/
Yebue805/
Yewba804/
Ewbey803/
Gewbe801/
Ayiewbey771/
Oyebbe732/
Ayebbe731/
Yebueh731/
Yewbiy731/
Ewbi672/
Ewve671/
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Yewbe Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yewbe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻳﻮﺏywb85.71
ﻳﻮﺑﻪywbh14.29

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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 Yewbe
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