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
The last name Arouba (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺁﺭﻭﺑﺎ) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Arouba click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Arouba? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,532,898th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. The surname is predominantly 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 widely held first name worldwide, borne by 13,939 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Gombe, where 71 percent reside, Adamawa, where 14 percent reside and Delta, where 14 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Yemen, where 21 percent reside and Benin, where 11 percent reside.
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
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- 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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