Arouba Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Arouba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Arouba (13,939) may also be a first name.
Arouba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Arouba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Arouba (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺁﺭﻭﺑﺎ) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Arouba? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,532,898th most widespread last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 68 percent of Arouba are found; 58 percent are found in West Africa and 53 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 48,758th most prevalent given name throughout the world, borne by 13,939 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria Arouba is mostly found in: Gombe, where 71 percent live, Adamawa, where 14 percent live and Delta, where 14 percent live. Besides Nigeria this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Yemen, where 21 percent live and Benin, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Arouba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Arouba in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺁﺭﻭﺑﺎ | arwba | - |
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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 Arouba
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