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 found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Arouba? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,532,898th most commonly held surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 68 percent of Arouba reside; 58 percent reside in West Africa and 53 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 48,758th most frequent first name worldwide, held by 13,939 people.
The last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria Arouba is mostly concentrated in: Gombe, where 71 percent are found, Adamawa, where 14 percent are found and Delta, where 14 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Yemen, where 21 percent are found and Benin, where 11 percent are found.
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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