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 also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Gareba click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gareba? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 752,779th most frequent surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 19,127,417 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Gareba reside; 64 percent reside in West Africa and 59 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Gareba is also the 2,900,335th most widespread first name globally, borne by 15 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 223 people, or 1 in 794,362. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Sokoto, where 40 percent are found, Niger, where 39 percent are found and Benue, where 8 percent are found. Barring Nigeria Gareba is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 35 percent are found and Niger, where 5 percent are found.
Gareba Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily 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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