Graba Surname
Approximately 5,499 people bear this surname
Graba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,883 | 1:61,444 | 4,551 |
| Algeria | 1,284 | 1:30,087 | 5,506 |
| Poland | 585 | 1:64,972 | 10,199 |
| Cameroon | 187 | 1:111,065 | 12,922 |
| Germany | 115 | 1:700,047 | 53,529 |
| United States | 112 | 1:3,236,240 | 185,654 |
| Niger | 111 | 1:172,901 | 6,167 |
| England | 44 | 1:1,266,320 | 57,817 |
| Romania | 29 | 1:692,340 | 47,921 |
| Ivory Coast | 27 | 1:854,490 | 22,281 |
| Albania | 23 | 1:126,698 | 10,929 |
| Latvia | 18 | 1:113,891 | 16,101 |
| Canada | 17 | 1:2,167,388 | 133,872 |
| Russia | 13 | 1:11,086,389 | 347,183 |
| Tunisia | 11 | 1:55,511 | 7,191 |
| France | 9 | 1:7,380,302 | 306,885 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
The alternate forms: Grabă (4) are calculated separately.
Graba (4,622) may also be a first name.
Graba Demographics
Graba Political Affiliation
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Graba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Graba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Graba (Russian: Граба) is found most in Nigeria. It can appear as: Grabă. Click here for further possible spellings of Graba.
How Common Is The Last Name Graba? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 87,480th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,325,249 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 82 percent of Graba live; 58 percent live in West Africa and 53 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Graba is also the 100,908th most frequently occurring first name globally It is held by 4,622 people.
Graba is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 2,883 people, or 1 in 61,444. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Kano, where 59 percent reside, Kaduna, where 5 percent reside and Anambra, where 4 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in 34 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 23 percent reside and Poland, where 11 percent reside.
Graba Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Graba has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Graba last name expanded 1,120 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Graba Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally Muslim (95%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Graba last name are 8.31% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 61.54% registered with the party.
The amount Graba earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 38.35% more than the national average, earning $59,698 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.27% less than the national average, earning $44,086 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Graba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Graba in the Russian language | ||
| Граба | graba | - |
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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
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- 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 Graba
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