Arabu Surname
Approximately 428 people bear this surname
Arabu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 142 | 1:1,247,484 | 49,911 |
| Indonesia | 88 | 1:1,502,832 | 101,066 |
| India | 78 | 1:9,834,172 | 191,207 |
| Papua New Guinea | 57 | 1:143,048 | 19,694 |
| Kenya | 22 | 1:2,099,086 | 36,356 |
| Venezuela | 9 | 1:3,356,009 | 33,931 |
| Iran | 8 | 1:9,597,816 | 173,045 |
| Mexico | 7 | 1:17,732,315 | 50,495 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Romania | 3 | 1:6,692,623 | 78,504 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
Arabu (549) may also be a first name.
Arabu Demographics
Arabu Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Arabu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Arabu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Arabu (Hindi: अरबू, Marathi: अरबू, Oriya: ଆରବୁ) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Arabu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 691,116th most widespread last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 17,026,976 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 40 percent of Arabu reside; 33 percent reside in West Africa and 33 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Arabu is also the 359,531st most commonly held first name on earth, borne by 549 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 142 people, or 1 in 1,247,484. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Adamawa, where 46 percent are found, Kano, where 23 percent are found and Sokoto, where 11 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this last name exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 21 percent are found and India, where 18 percent are found.
Arabu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Arabu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Arabu in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆରବୁ | arabu | - |
| Arabu in the Hindi language | ||
| अरबू | arabu | 70.48 |
| अरबु | arabu | 29.52 |
| Arabu in the Marathi language | ||
| अरबू | arabu | 40 |
| आरबु | arabu | 30 |
| अरबु | arabu | 10 |
| आरब | araba | 10 |
| आबुद | abuda | 10 |
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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 Arabu
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