Hoaba Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Hoaba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 20 | 1:101,628 | 11,096 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Hoaba (52) may also be a first name.
Hoaba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hoaba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hoaba is borne by more people in Lesotho than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Hoaba? popularity and diffusion
Hoaba is the 4,307,654th most commonly used last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Hoaba live; 95 percent live in Southern Africa and 95 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Hoaba is also the 1,381,723rd most commonly held first name internationally, held by 52 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Lesotho, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 101,628. In Lesotho Hoaba is most prevalent in: Leribe District, where 50 percent reside, Berea District, where 25 percent reside and Maseru District, where 25 percent reside. Aside from Lesotho this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Kenya, where 5 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 Hoaba
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