Gaba Surname
Approximately 37,324 people bear this surname
Gaba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 9,953 | 1:77,069 | 5,223 |
| Togo | 4,830 | 1:1,501 | 152 |
| South Africa | 3,201 | 1:16,925 | 2,128 |
| Ghana | 1,940 | 1:13,928 | 1,803 |
| Nigeria | 1,767 | 1:100,251 | 6,823 |
| Philippines | 1,740 | 1:58,183 | 9,770 |
| Benin | 1,545 | 1:6,690 | 922 |
| Mali | 1,420 | 1:11,950 | 576 |
| Ivory Coast | 1,308 | 1:17,639 | 1,363 |
| Cameroon | 1,143 | 1:18,171 | 2,482 |
| United States | 943 | 1:384,368 | 33,876 |
| Algeria | 647 | 1:59,709 | 10,005 |
| DR Congo | 643 | 1:114,898 | 12,589 |
| Pakistan | 555 | 1:321,881 | 6,576 |
| Indonesia | 533 | 1:248,122 | 22,684 |
| Zimbabwe | 486 | 1:31,766 | 4,907 |
| Saudi Arabia | 437 | 1:70,608 | 10,708 |
| Chad | 385 | 1:35,304 | 4,109 |
| Papua New Guinea | 365 | 1:22,339 | 2,422 |
| Albania | 289 | 1:10,083 | 1,901 |
| Niger | 251 | 1:76,462 | 3,364 |
| France | 238 | 1:279,087 | 42,874 |
| Uganda | 221 | 1:176,648 | 14,830 |
| England | 205 | 1:271,795 | 21,381 |
| Canada | 203 | 1:181,505 | 18,050 |
| Egypt | 183 | 1:502,381 | 28,715 |
| Denmark | 161 | 1:35,060 | 3,643 |
| Tanzania | 140 | 1:378,154 | 27,501 |
| Russia | 130 | 1:1,108,639 | 83,013 |
| Djibouti | 125 | 1:7,319 | 508 |
| Poland | 117 | 1:324,861 | 37,737 |
| Botswana | 99 | 1:22,090 | 4,408 |
| Brazil | 92 | 1:2,326,895 | 71,923 |
| Iran | 64 | 1:1,199,727 | 51,798 |
| Argentina | 63 | 1:678,467 | 46,871 |
| Taiwan | 58 | 1:404,220 | 3,133 |
| Thailand | 57 | 1:1,239,269 | 179,534 |
| Belarus | 52 | 1:182,713 | 23,870 |
| United Arab Emirates | 51 | 1:179,652 | 12,842 |
| Australia | 49 | 1:550,933 | 40,757 |
| Haiti | 42 | 1:254,379 | 8,875 |
| Israel | 41 | 1:208,723 | 20,048 |
| Spain | 41 | 1:1,140,294 | 40,056 |
| Austria | 36 | 1:236,540 | 28,356 |
| Burkina Faso | 32 | 1:573,503 | 7,444 |
| Singapore | 30 | 1:183,590 | 7,666 |
| Ecuador | 28 | 1:568,066 | 11,415 |
| Germany | 26 | 1:3,096,364 | 143,912 |
| Greece | 26 | 1:426,146 | 56,152 |
| Turkey | 26 | 1:2,993,132 | 85,930 |
| Lithuania | 25 | 1:121,384 | 14,277 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| New Zealand | 23 | 1:196,884 | 20,367 |
| Kazakhstan | 21 | 1:842,024 | 52,736 |
| Uruguay | 19 | 1:180,619 | 14,948 |
| Italy | 17 | 1:3,597,452 | 102,597 |
| Senegal | 17 | 1:857,608 | 2,905 |
| Liberia | 15 | 1:293,902 | 16,977 |
| Congo | 10 | 1:498,910 | 11,250 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Hong Kong | 9 | 1:815,054 | 3,802 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Slovakia | 9 | 1:592,939 | 64,129 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Peru | 6 | 1:5,297,354 | 36,458 |
| Romania | 5 | 1:4,015,574 | 58,306 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:618,906 | 25,852 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| South Sudan | 4 | 1:2,853,769 | 1,758 |
| Georgia | 3 | 1:1,248,515 | 28,066 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Abkhazia | 1 | 1:242,865 | 5,354 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
The alternate forms: Gába (250) & Gabà (2) are calculated separately.
Gaba (6,230) may also be a first name.
Gaba Demographics
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Gaba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gaba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gaba (Arabic: غبا, Georgian: გაბა, Hindi: गाबा, Marathi: गबा, Oriya: ଗାବା, Russian: Габа, Tibetan: དགའ་བ།) is held by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can also occur as: Gába or Gabà. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gaba? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 14,924th most widely held surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 195,251 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 54 percent of Gaba are found; 36 percent are found in West Africa and 29 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 83,640th most frequently held given name at a global level. It is borne by 6,230 people.
The last name is most frequent in India, where it is borne by 9,953 people, or 1 in 77,069. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Delhi, where 29 percent live, Haryana, where 24 percent live and Punjab, where 17 percent live. Not including India this last name exists in 104 countries. It also occurs in Togo, where 13 percent live and South Africa, where 9 percent live.
Gaba Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Gaba has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Gaba last name increased 11,788 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 20,500 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Gaba Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly Orthodox (50%) in Russia, Christian (38%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (85%) in Ukraine.
In The United States Gaba are 35.99% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 89.22% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Gaba earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 41.64% less than the national average, earning R 138,684 per year; in United States they earn 11.84% more than the national average, earning $48,256 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.89% more than the national average, earning $50,125 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gaba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gaba in the Georgian language | ||
| გაბა | gaba | - |
| Gaba in the Hindi language | ||
| गाबा | gaba | 82.14 |
| गबा | gaba | 17.16 |
| गावा | gava | 0.33 |
| गाभा | gabha | 0.11 |
| गब | gaba | 0.05 |
| Gaba in the Marathi language | ||
| गबा | gaba | 78.51 |
| गाबा | gaba | 21.49 |
| Gaba in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗାବା | gaba | 51.85 |
| ଗବା | gaba | 25.93 |
| ଗବ | gaba | 18.52 |
| େଗବ | egaba | 3.7 |
| Gaba in the Tibetan language | ||
| དགའ་བ། | gawa | 33.33 |
| སྒར་པ། | garpa | 33.33 |
| དགའ་འབའ། | gaba | 33.33 |
| Gaba in the Russian language | ||
| Габа | gaba | - |
| Gaba in the Arabic language | ||
| غبا | ghba | - |
| غابـي | ghaby | - |
| غابا | ghaba | - |
| غابي | ghaby | - |
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