Garbba Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Niger
Highest density in:
Niger

Garbba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Garbba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Niger231:834,43619,133
Nigeria231:7,701,859170,290
Benin11:10,335,602103,742

Garbba Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Garbba Come From? nationality or country of origin

Garbba occurs in Niger more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Garbba? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,843,861st most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 155,054,168 people. The surname Garbba is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Garbba are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 51 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Garbba is most frequent in Niger, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 834,436. In Niger it is primarily found in: Tahoua Region, where 35 percent are found, Dosso Region, where 22 percent are found and Tillabéri Region, where 22 percent are found. Beside Niger this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 49 percent are found and Benin, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ggarbba921/
Arbba914/
Garbva8347/
Garbua839/
Garvba837/
Arbbah832/
Garwba831/
Arbbas831/
Garbby830/
Garbuha771/
Gharbbi771/
Gaarvba771/
Gharbva771/
Harbbat771/
Garbvah771/
Garbbett711/
Garpwa6714/
Garbuo672/
Garbvo671/
Garfua671/
Garvua671/
Harbbo671/
Gorbby670/
Garvuah625/
Garfuah625/
Harbbey621/
Ngarfua621/
Gorbber621/
Hharbbey571/
Arvva554/
Garvuo505/
Earvva501/
Orhvba501/

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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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  • 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 Garbba
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