El Garba Surname

841,044th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 327 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Niger
Highest density in:
Niger

El Garba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Garba Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Niger1901:101,0114,144
Morocco1361:253,50142,794
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

El Garba (23) may also be a first name.

El Garba Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name El Garba Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname El Garba is more frequently found in Niger than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name El Garba? popularity and diffusion

It is the 841,044th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 22,286,073 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of El Garba are found; 58 percent are found in West Africa and 58 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most commonly used first name internationally, held by 23 people.

This surname is most widely held in Niger, where it is held by 190 people, or 1 in 101,011. In Niger it is mostly found in: Maradi Region, where 55 percent live, Zinder Region, where 22 percent live and Tahoua Region, where 9 percent live. Outside of Niger this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 42 percent live and Nigeria, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Gharba94136/
El Garbah941/
El Arba939/
El Harba8816/
El Garby8812/
El Garbi885/
El Gharbi823,653/
El Gharby82541/
El Ghorba825/
El Gharva824/
El Gharwa821/
El Harbaa821/
El Gharrbi781/
El Gorby753/
El Ourba751/
El Gharbouj742/
El-Gharbi7121/
El Gourbi7110/
El Ghorby716/
El Ghorbi713/
El Harbou712/
El-Gharby712/
El Arbout711/
El Ghourbi6733/
El Ghourby6721/
El Harbout671/
El Harboush633/
El Harvey591/
El Ghourva561/
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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 El Garba
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