Garbah Surname
Approximately 67 people bear this surname
Garbah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 38 | 1:116,014 | 8,917 |
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Garbah (19) may also be a first name.
Garbah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Garbah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Garbah has its highest incidence in Liberia. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Garbah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,333,370th most widespread last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 108,769,342 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Garbah are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 57 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most frequently occurring forename on earth, held by 19 people.
The surname Garbah is most prevalent in Liberia, where it is borne by 38 people, or 1 in 116,014. In Liberia it is most common in: Montserrado County, where 47 percent live, Bong County, where 24 percent live and Rivercess County, where 16 percent live. Other than Liberia this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 27 percent live and Ghana, where 13 percent live.
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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 Garbah
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