Wibe
surname · Latin script
Meaning: patronymisch zu Rufname Wibe/Wybe; Kurzform aus weib- / wīg-?
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Wibe is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Ethiopia.
- ETEthiopia
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Ethiopia (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 7 (measured from records)
no count published
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled ውቤ in ET Ethiopia.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
patronymisch zu Rufname Wibe/Wybe; Kurzform aus weib- / wīg-? (Name des Rufnamens Wibe)
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
Where in the world(measured from records)
Wibe counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ET Ethiopia | — | — | ውቤ | 7 |
| NO Norway | — | 520 | — | — |
| DK Denmark | — | 133 | — | — |
| NL Netherlands | — | 123 | — | — |
| US United States | — | 106 | — | 4 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Odd Wibeb. 1944NONorwegian diplomat
- Sören Wibeb. 1946SESwedish economist (1946-2010)
- Fredrik Wibeb. 1946NONorwegian musician
- Terje Wibeb. 1947NONorwegian chess player
- Gert Wibeb. 1952SESwedish artist
- Ellen Wibeb. 1965NONorwegian politician
- Christian Wibeb. 1981NONorwegian film composer
- Pernille Wibeb. 1988NONorwegian handball player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 23 sources across 11 countries.
Reference works 6
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Søndergaard, Georg, Danske efternavne (Lademann 1984/1991)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Wibe mean?
- Recorded meaning: patronymisch zu Rufname Wibe/Wybe; Kurzform aus weib- / wīg-?
- In which country does Wibe have the most bearers?
- Wibe is most frequently recorded in Ethiopia, where it is most often spelled ውቤ.
What do you want to know about Wibe?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/wibeThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Wibe”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.