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
Garba Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
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་) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as: Gârba. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Garba? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 389th most commonly held family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,525 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Garba are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 81 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Garba is also the 1,531st most frequent given name worldwide, borne by 640,752 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,040,132 people, or 1 in 170. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Kano, where 16 percent live, Jigawa, where 10 percent live and Bauchi, where 9 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in 93 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 18 percent live and Benin, where 1 percent live.
Garba Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Garba has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Garba last name rose 3,250 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Garba Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Garba surname is predominantly Muslim (93%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (80%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Garba last name are 42.92% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 96.15% registered with the 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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