Garaba Surname
Approximately 4,327 people bear this surname
Garaba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,565 | 1:113,190 | 7,526 |
| Moldova | 862 | 1:4,132 | 589 |
| Niger | 711 | 1:26,993 | 1,570 |
| Zimbabwe | 452 | 1:34,155 | 5,259 |
| Russia | 228 | 1:632,119 | 55,141 |
| Hungary | 88 | 1:111,549 | 10,635 |
| Benin | 72 | 1:143,550 | 15,098 |
| Transnistria | 35 | 1:13,563 | 2,609 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Cameroon | 34 | 1:610,855 | 46,287 |
| Romania | 33 | 1:608,420 | 43,703 |
| Papua New Guinea | 29 | 1:281,163 | 38,188 |
| Iran | 24 | 1:3,199,272 | 94,565 |
| Serbia | 21 | 1:340,236 | 16,447 |
| England | 18 | 1:3,095,448 | 105,421 |
| Solomon Islands | 17 | 1:34,119 | 6,789 |
| Ivory Coast | 16 | 1:1,441,952 | 30,506 |
| Slovakia | 15 | 1:355,763 | 48,124 |
| South Africa | 12 | 1:4,514,809 | 137,638 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Burkina Faso | 6 | 1:3,058,683 | 18,466 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Garaba (2,348) may also be a first name.
Garaba Demographics
Garaba Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Garaba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Garaba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Garaba (Arabic: غرابا, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺮﺏ, Hindi: गरबा, Marathi: गरबा, Oriya: ଗାରବା, Russian: Гараба) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Garaba? popularity and diffusion
It is the 107,754th most widespread last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 1,684,203 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 67 percent of Garaba are found; 55 percent are found in West Africa and 38 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 153,451st most commonly held first name globally, borne by 2,348 people.
The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,565 people, or 1 in 113,190. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Sokoto, where 9 percent live, Kano, where 8 percent live and Jigawa, where 8 percent live. Other than Nigeria Garaba occurs in 42 countries. It also occurs in Moldova, where 20 percent live and Niger, where 16 percent live.
Garaba Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Garaba last name is principally Muslim (92%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.
Garaba earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 312.5% more than the national average, earning R 980,256 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Garaba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Garaba in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺮﺏ | krb | - |
| Garaba in the Hindi language | ||
| गरबा | garaba | - |
| Garaba in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗାରବା | garaba | 66.67 |
| ଗରବ | garaba | 33.33 |
| Garaba in the Marathi language | ||
| गरबा | garaba | 42.86 |
| गारबा | garaba | 42.86 |
| गेारेाबा | geareaba | 14.29 |
| Garaba in the Russian language | ||
| Гараба | garaba | - |
| Garaba in the Arabic language | ||
| غرابا | ghraba | - |
| قارابا | qaraba | - |
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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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- 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 Garaba
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