Garouba Surname
Approximately 1,978 people bear this surname
Garouba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 1,973 | 1:5,239 | 685 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Garouba (561) may also be a first name.
Garouba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Garouba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Garouba is found most frequently in Benin. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Garouba? popularity and diffusion
It is the 209,010th most commonly used family name globally, borne by around 1 in 3,684,300 people. The last name Garouba is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Garouba are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Garouba is also the 354,811th most commonly held forename throughout the world, held by 561 people.
The surname is most common in Benin, where it is held by 1,973 people, or 1 in 5,239. In Benin Garouba is most numerous in: Borgou Department, where 45 percent are found, Alibori Department, where 43 percent are found and Atakora Department, where 10 percent are found. Beside Benin this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 0 percent are found and Germany, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Garouba
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