Garnba Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Niger
Highest density in:
Niger

Garnba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Garnba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Niger101:1,919,20237,248
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603

Garnba Last Name Facts

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

Garnba is held by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Garnba click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Garnba? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,391,485th most frequently held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname Garnba occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Garnba live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 77 percent live in Chadic Africa.

This last name is most commonly used in Niger, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 1,919,202. In Niger Garnba is mostly found in: Dosso Region, where 90 percent reside and Maradi Region, where 10 percent reside. Without taking into account Niger Garnba exists in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 23 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Garenba922/
Ngarinba861/
Garmba834/
Garnby832/
Garnbo831/
Garnua831/
Arynbay7773/
Garmbai7712/
Arinbay779/
Garimba778/
Garemba772/
Garnwea771/
Arinbai771/
Arinmba771/
Harnbay770/
Gerenba770/
Armba73155/
Arnbo7315/
Garimbay7142/
Arginbay7111/
Ngarimba7110/
Arginbau715/
Arginbai713/
Harnbach712/
Garmbach711/
Haurrnba710/
Arimba67210/
Aremba6740/
Arenbo6719/
Garmbo6717/
Arinbo6710/
Garnuo675/
Harmba671/
Gormba671/
Ar'mba671/
Garmby670/

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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 Garnba
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