Garba Surname
Approximately 1,318,988 people bear this surname
Garba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,040,132 | 1:170 | 15 |
| Niger | 233,510 | 1:82 | 12 |
| Benin | 16,533 | 1:625 | 58 |
| Cameroon | 11,472 | 1:1,810 | 178 |
| Chad | 7,125 | 1:1,908 | 349 |
| Togo | 3,570 | 1:2,030 | 243 |
| Burkina Faso | 1,900 | 1:9,659 | 893 |
| Ghana | 1,247 | 1:21,669 | 2,663 |
| Mali | 387 | 1:43,848 | 1,206 |
| United States | 325 | 1:1,115,258 | 80,547 |
| Saudi Arabia | 318 | 1:97,031 | 14,320 |
| Gabon | 303 | 1:6,235 | 1,152 |
| Romania | 259 | 1:77,521 | 9,161 |
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| United Arab Emirates | 195 | 1:46,986 | 4,731 |
| England | 185 | 1:301,179 | 22,911 |
| Egypt | 183 | 1:502,381 | 28,715 |
| Ivory Coast | 134 | 1:172,173 | 7,731 |
| Poland | 129 | 1:294,641 | 35,378 |
| Czechia | 89 | 1:119,477 | 19,340 |
| Indonesia | 79 | 1:1,674,040 | 109,461 |
| Congo | 75 | 1:66,521 | 5,787 |
| France | 57 | 1:1,165,311 | 123,217 |
| Canada | 44 | 1:837,400 | 65,151 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Germany | 38 | 1:2,118,565 | 113,742 |
| Brazil | 31 | 1:6,905,624 | 162,221 |
| India | 30 | 1:25,568,846 | 339,406 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Senegal | 29 | 1:502,736 | 2,173 |
| Iceland | 27 | 1:14,077 | 1,243 |
| Singapore | 26 | 1:211,835 | 10,313 |
| Russia | 25 | 1:5,764,922 | 242,644 |
| Austria | 17 | 1:500,908 | 47,931 |
| Scotland | 16 | 1:334,614 | 15,044 |
| Mauritania | 16 | 1:255,929 | 11,901 |
| Spain | 14 | 1:3,339,431 | 67,428 |
| Belgium | 13 | 1:884,357 | 69,774 |
| Croatia | 13 | 1:325,277 | 30,776 |
| Liberia | 11 | 1:400,776 | 20,681 |
| Italy | 10 | 1:6,115,669 | 111,715 |
| Central African Republic | 9 | 1:501,710 | 179 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Libya | 9 | 1:693,775 | 1,982 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Albania | 6 | 1:485,676 | 18,535 |
| Algeria | 6 | 1:6,438,592 | 53,709 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Guinea | 6 | 1:1,972,303 | 1,775 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Somalia | 4 | 1:3,363,015 | 5,093 |
| Sierra Leone | 4 | 1:1,772,408 | 958 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Gambia | 4 | 1:480,863 | 548 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
The alternate forms: Gârba (3) are calculated separately.
Garba (640,752) may also be a first name.
Garba Demographics
Average Garba Salary in
United States
$45,668 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Garba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Garba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Garba (Arabic: جاربا, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺮﺏ, Hindi: गरबा, Marathi: गरबा, Oriya: ଗବର୍, Russian: Гарба, Tibetan: གར་བ་) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as: Gârba. For other potential spellings of Garba click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Garba? popularity and diffusion
It is the 389th most common surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 5,525 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Garba reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 81 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Garba is also the 1,531st most numerous given name in the world, borne by 640,752 people.
This surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,040,132 people, or 1 in 170. In Nigeria Garba is mostly concentrated in: Kano, where 16 percent are found, Jigawa, where 10 percent are found and Bauchi, where 9 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria it exists in 93 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 18 percent are found and Benin, where 1 percent are found.
Garba Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Garba has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Garba surname rose 3,250 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Garba Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Garba last name is predominantly Muslim (93%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (80%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Garba last name are 42.92% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 96.15% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Garba earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 6.88% more than the national average, earning 369,897 kr per year; in United States they earn 5.84% more than the national average, earning $45,668 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.28% less than the national average, earning $45,568 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Garba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Garba in the Hindi language | ||
| गरबा | garaba | 88.89 |
| गर्बा | garba | 11.11 |
| Garba in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺮﺏ | krb | 77.78 |
| ﻛﺎﺭﺑﺎ | karba | 11.11 |
| ﻛﺮﺑﻪ | krbh | 11.11 |
| Garba in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗବର୍ | gabar | 66.67 |
| ଗାବ | gaba | 8.33 |
| ଗବର୍ା | gabara | 8.33 |
| ଗବ | gaba | 8.33 |
| ଗାବର୍ | gabar | 8.33 |
| Garba in the Marathi language | ||
| गरबा | garaba | 66.67 |
| गब | gaba | 33.33 |
| Garba in the Tibetan language | ||
| གར་བ་ | garwa | 60 |
| གར་བཱ་ | garba | 40 |
| Garba in the Russian language | ||
| Гарба | garba | - |
| Garba in the Arabic language | ||
| جاربا | jarba | - |
| غربي | ghrby | - |
| غاربا | gharba | - |
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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 Garba
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