Gareba Surname
Approximately 381 people bear this surname
Gareba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 223 | 1:794,362 | 35,535 |
| Uganda | 133 | 1:293,528 | 20,541 |
| Niger | 19 | 1:1,010,106 | 22,252 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Gareba (15) may also be a first name.
Gareba Demographics
Gareba Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Gareba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gareba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Gareba has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gareba? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 752,779th most common last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 19,127,417 people. The last name Gareba is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Gareba are found; 64 percent are found in West Africa and 59 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly held forename internationally, held by 15 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 223 people, or 1 in 794,362. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Sokoto, where 40 percent live, Niger, where 39 percent live and Benue, where 8 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria it exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 35 percent live and Niger, where 5 percent live.
Gareba Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly Muslim (90%) in Nigeria.
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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 Gareba
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