Gaaba Surname
Approximately 232 people bear this surname
Gaaba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 132 | 1:1,341,991 | 52,761 |
| South Africa | 46 | 1:1,177,776 | 67,773 |
| Uganda | 20 | 1:1,951,964 | 63,898 |
| Benin | 12 | 1:861,300 | 44,192 |
| Niger | 11 | 1:1,744,729 | 34,351 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Gaaba (22) may also be a first name.
Gaaba Demographics
Average Gaaba Salary in
South Africa
R 228,912
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Gaaba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gaaba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gaaba (Tibetan: དགའ་བཱ་) is most common in Nigeria. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaaba? popularity and diffusion
Gaaba is the 1,070,546th most commonly held last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 31,411,836 people. Gaaba occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Gaaba live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 63 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gaaba is also the 2,301,746th most frequently held forename in the world It is held by 22 people.
This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 132 people, or 1 in 1,341,991. In Nigeria Gaaba is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 80 percent live, Taraba, where 18 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 1 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 20 percent live and Uganda, where 9 percent live.
Gaaba Last Name Statistics demography
Gaaba earn marginally less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 3.67% less than the national average, earning R 228,912 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gaaba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gaaba in the Tibetan language | ||
| དགའ་བཱ་ | gaba | - |
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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 Gaaba
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