Chaaba Surname
Approximately 2,733 people bear this surname
Chaaba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 1,801 | 1:8,801 | 1,030 |
| Morocco | 682 | 1:50,551 | 8,318 |
| Algeria | 115 | 1:335,927 | 31,358 |
| France | 78 | 1:851,573 | 100,617 |
| Tunisia | 25 | 1:24,425 | 3,774 |
| Iran | 8 | 1:9,597,816 | 173,045 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Chaaba (50) may also be a first name.
Chaaba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chaaba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chaaba (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﺎﺏ) is found most frequently in Zambia. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chaaba? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 159,642nd most widely held last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 2,666,501 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Chaaba reside; 66 percent reside in Southern Africa and 66 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Chaaba is also the 1,412,538th most commonly used first name in the world, held by 50 people.
The last name is most numerous in Zambia, where it is borne by 1,801 people, or 1 in 8,801. In Zambia Chaaba is primarily found in: Southern Province, where 56 percent live, Central Province, where 24 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 17 percent live. Apart from Zambia Chaaba occurs in 17 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 25 percent live and Algeria, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chaaba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chaaba in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺷﺎﺏ | shab | 50 |
| ﺍﻟﺸﺎﺑﻪ | alshabh | 50 |
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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 Chaaba
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