Yibrahim Surname

227,165th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,786 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Yibrahim Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yibrahim Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia1,7711:55,0805,737
Nigeria101:17,714,276277,641
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
France11:66,422,722504,397
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Yibrahim (37) may also be a first name.

Yibrahim Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yibrahim occurs in Ethiopia more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Yibrahim click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yibrahim? popularity and diffusion

It is the 227,165th most prevalent family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 4,080,373 people. The last name Yibrahim occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yibrahim reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 1,688,769th most frequent first name worldwide, held by 37 people.

The surname is most widely held in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 1,771 people, or 1 in 55,080. Without taking into account Ethiopia this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 1 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Eibrahim883,427/
Iibrahim88988/
Yebrahim8810/
Iybrahim885/
Hiibrahim8248/
Hjibrahim825/
Iihbrahim821/
Hiibrahimm783/
Eebrahim7510/
Eibrahem755/
Jebrahim751/
Hajiebrahim7410/
Hajjibrahim741/
Ebrrahem631/
Ebraem5718/
Ebrhaem531/

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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 Yibrahim
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