Kaba Surname
Approximately 242,445 people bear this surname
Kaba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guinea | 150,124 | 1:79 | 15 |
| Turkey | 17,876 | 1:4,353 | 621 |
| Mali | 9,938 | 1:1,707 | 170 |
| DR Congo | 7,532 | 1:9,809 | 1,219 |
| Ethiopia | 6,922 | 1:14,092 | 1,992 |
| Ivory Coast | 5,604 | 1:4,117 | 393 |
| Mozambique | 4,944 | 1:5,514 | 1,220 |
| Ghana | 4,433 | 1:6,095 | 842 |
| Japan | 3,317 | 1:38,542 | 3,464 |
| Liberia | 2,657 | 1:1,659 | 216 |
| Senegal | 2,570 | 1:5,673 | 280 |
| Congo | 2,559 | 1:1,950 | 319 |
| Morocco | 2,045 | 1:16,859 | 2,564 |
| Burkina Faso | 1,912 | 1:9,598 | 891 |
| France | 1,897 | 1:35,015 | 4,257 |
| United States | 1,841 | 1:196,882 | 19,405 |
| India | 1,619 | 1:473,790 | 24,189 |
| Angola | 1,578 | 1:17,103 | 2,033 |
| Indonesia | 1,291 | 1:102,439 | 10,540 |
| Chad | 867 | 1:15,677 | 1,955 |
| South Africa | 752 | 1:72,045 | 8,977 |
| Togo | 630 | 1:11,504 | 2,968 |
| Algeria | 531 | 1:72,752 | 11,721 |
| Cameroon | 498 | 1:41,705 | 5,548 |
| Ukraine | 459 | 1:99,178 | 14,203 |
| Albania | 455 | 1:6,405 | 1,221 |
| Bangladesh | 451 | 1:353,341 | 9,758 |
| Belgium | 451 | 1:25,491 | 4,042 |
| Brazil | 429 | 1:499,008 | 18,824 |
| Egypt | 397 | 1:231,576 | 16,276 |
| Gabon | 354 | 1:5,337 | 981 |
| Canada | 341 | 1:108,052 | 11,605 |
| North Macedonia | 304 | 1:6,913 | 1,231 |
| Spain | 294 | 1:159,021 | 11,586 |
| Kenya | 283 | 1:163,180 | 12,702 |
| Germany | 252 | 1:319,466 | 32,068 |
| Nigeria | 252 | 1:702,947 | 32,409 |
| Zambia | 234 | 1:67,735 | 5,969 |
| England | 232 | 1:240,164 | 19,707 |
| Niger | 232 | 1:82,724 | 3,566 |
| Benin | 210 | 1:49,217 | 6,219 |
| Syria | 204 | 1:94,613 | 3,312 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Mauritania | 189 | 1:21,666 | 1,923 |
| Malawi | 157 | 1:109,039 | 12,664 |
| Papua New Guinea | 156 | 1:52,267 | 6,566 |
| Russia | 149 | 1:967,269 | 75,342 |
| Poland | 147 | 1:258,563 | 32,318 |
| Hungary | 132 | 1:74,366 | 7,547 |
| Netherlands | 106 | 1:159,313 | 23,533 |
| United Arab Emirates | 103 | 1:88,954 | 7,958 |
| Tanzania | 98 | 1:540,221 | 34,788 |
| Iran | 81 | 1:947,932 | 44,636 |
| Romania | 78 | 1:257,409 | 24,160 |
| Uganda | 77 | 1:507,004 | 28,868 |
| Switzerland | 69 | 1:119,028 | 12,127 |
| Slovakia | 67 | 1:79,649 | 15,428 |
| Solomon Islands | 64 | 1:9,063 | 1,526 |
| Austria | 62 | 1:137,346 | 18,671 |
| Zimbabwe | 62 | 1:249,004 | 26,834 |
| Northern Cyprus | 48 | 1:6,646 | 1,474 |
| Sweden | 47 | 1:209,505 | 14,512 |
| Lebanon | 43 | 1:131,095 | 6,872 |
| Chile | 37 | 1:476,121 | 12,335 |
| Argentina | 31 | 1:1,378,820 | 78,351 |
| Italy | 31 | 1:1,972,796 | 88,569 |
| Malaysia | 29 | 1:1,017,042 | 45,504 |
| Australia | 28 | 1:964,132 | 57,058 |
| Bulgaria | 27 | 1:258,478 | 13,520 |
| Gambia | 25 | 1:76,938 | 264 |
| Sudan | 25 | 1:1,500,408 | 3,610 |
| Norway | 22 | 1:233,740 | 25,571 |
| Pakistan | 21 | 1:8,506,852 | 44,204 |
| Yemen | 18 | 1:1,468,072 | 12,178 |
| China | 17 | 1:80,430,680 | 4,441 |
| New Zealand | 16 | 1:283,020 | 24,643 |
| Rwanda | 16 | 1:710,311 | 2,071 |
| Sierra Leone | 16 | 1:443,102 | 516 |
| Czechia | 15 | 1:708,898 | 64,682 |
| Kazakhstan | 15 | 1:1,178,833 | 65,606 |
| Thailand | 15 | 1:4,709,223 | 352,754 |
| Finland | 12 | 1:458,058 | 28,977 |
| Lithuania | 11 | 1:275,872 | 15,925 |
| Philippines | 10 | 1:10,123,822 | 213,993 |
| Scotland | 10 | 1:535,382 | 20,332 |
| Monaco | 9 | 1:4,118 | 434 |
| Israel | 8 | 1:1,069,704 | 62,476 |
| Kosovo | 7 | 1:265,981 | 8,180 |
| Tunisia | 6 | 1:101,771 | 14,710 |
| Guatemala | 5 | 1:3,216,534 | 7,141 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 4 | 1:283,918 | 487 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| Myanmar | 4 | 1:12,984,496 | 1,309 |
| Puerto Rico | 4 | 1:887,535 | 4,548 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:773,633 | 29,106 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Lesotho | 2 | 1:1,016,279 | 21,693 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
The alternate forms: Kába (139) & Käba (20) are calculated separately.
Kaba (50,996) may also be a first name.
Kaba Demographics
Kaba Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
in Russia
Kaba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kaba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kaba (Arabic: كبا, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﺑﺎ, Hindi: कबा, Marathi: काबा, Oriya: କାବା, Russian: Каба, Tibetan: བཀའ་བ།) occurs in Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Kába or Käba. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaba? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,266th most commonly held surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 30,059 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Kaba reside; 73 percent reside in West Africa and 67 percent reside in Mande Africa. It is also the 18,202nd most frequently held first name at a global level, borne by 50,996 people.
The last name is most common in Guinea, where it is borne by 150,124 people, or 1 in 79. In Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Kankan Region, where 41 percent live, Conakry Region, where 24 percent live and Kindia Region, where 12 percent live. Aside from Guinea this last name exists in 124 countries. It is also found in Turkey, where 7 percent live and Mali, where 4 percent live.
Kaba Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Kaba last name is chiefly Orthodox (88%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya, Syriac Catholic (48%) in Lebanon and Orthodox (85%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Kaba last name are 40.2% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 93.43% being registered with the political party.
The amount Kaba earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 26.45% more than the national average, earning 437,619 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 20.91% less than the national average, earning R 187,944 per year; in Colombia they earn 0.78% more than the national average, earning $22,880,600 COP per year; in United States they earn 10.3% less than the national average, earning $38,705 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.18% less than the national average, earning $39,658 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kaba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kaba in the Oriya language | ||
| କାବା | kaba | 79.37 |
| କବା | kaba | 14.29 |
| କବ | kaba | 3.17 |
| କାବ | kaba | 3.17 |
| Kaba in the Hindi language | ||
| कबा | kaba | 76.05 |
| काबा | kaba | 23.19 |
| Kaba in the Marathi language | ||
| काबा | kaba | 67.74 |
| कबा | kaba | 32.26 |
| Kaba in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﺑﺎ | kaba | 62.5 |
| ﻛﺎﺏ | kab | 27.34 |
| ﻛﺎﺑﻪ | kabh | 5.47 |
| ﻛﺒﺎ | kba | 3.13 |
| ﻛﺎﺑﺔ | kabt | 1.56 |
| Kaba in the Tibetan language | ||
| བཀའ་བ། | kawa | 33.33 |
| ཀཱ་བཱ་ | kaba | 33.33 |
| སྐབས་བ། | kabwa | 33.33 |
| Kaba in the Russian language | ||
| Каба | kaba | - |
| Kaba in the Arabic language | ||
| كبا | kba | - |
| كابا | kaba | - |
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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
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