Faruba Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Faruba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Faruba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Faruba Last Name Facts

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

The surname Faruba (Hindi: फारूबा, Marathi: फरुबा) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Faruba? popularity and diffusion

The last name Faruba is the 6,723,624th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Faruba occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Faruba live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Faruba is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Kogi, where 100 percent live. Barring Nigeria Faruba is found in one country. It also occurs in Brazil, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Fatruba9211/
Farouba922/
Farubai921/
Fariba83496/
Faruwa8355/
Farubi838/
Faruva835/
Faroba834/
Farubo833/
Feruba831/
Varuba831/
Fareubach800/
Farriba7754/
Farroba7732/
Farusua775/
Fahriba775/
Faroubi773/
Varubai773/
Farubhi772/
Faribai771/
Faribah771/
Farubee771/
Vaireuba7113/
Varubhai719/
Vairouba711/
Farrusua711/
Farobi67430/
Faroby67170/
Varuwa6766/
Faribo6766/
Farobo6762/
Varuva6742/
Variba678/
Varubi674/
Farobe673/
Voruba673/
Feriba672/
Faruvi671/
Varube671/
Foroba671/
Varubo671/

Faruba Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Faruba in the Hindi language
फारूबाpharuba-
Faruba in the Marathi language
फरुबाpharuba-

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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 Faruba
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