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
Garouba occurs in Benin more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Garouba? popularity and diffusion
Garouba is the 209,010th most frequently held surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 3,684,300 people. This surname occurs predominantly 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 frequently used forename throughout the world, held by 561 people.
This surname is most numerous in Benin, where it is carried by 1,973 people, or 1 in 5,239. In Benin it is primarily concentrated in: Borgou Department, where 45 percent reside, Alibori Department, where 43 percent reside and Atakora Department, where 10 percent reside. Outside of Benin Garouba is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 0 percent reside and Germany, where 0 percent reside.
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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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