Alh Garba Surname
Approximately 1,247 people bear this surname
Alh Garba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,215 | 1:145,797 | 9,277 |
| Niger | 32 | 1:599,751 | 14,963 |
Alh Garba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alh Garba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Alh Garba is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Alh Garba? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 303,968th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 5,844,062 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Alh Garba are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,215 people, or 1 in 145,797. In Nigeria Alh Garba is most frequent in: Zamfara, where 18 percent are found, Sokoto, where 18 percent are found and Kano, where 14 percent are found. Barring Nigeria it is found in one country. It is also found in Niger, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Alh Garba
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