Kubua Surname

937,786th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 280 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Kubua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kubua Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2231:794,36235,535
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Cameroon111:1,888,09798,267
Papua New Guinea101:815,37288,623
Kenya81:5,772,48850,256
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Kubua (22) may also be a first name.

Kubua Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kubua Come From? nationality or country of origin

Kubua has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kubua? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kubua is the 937,786th most frequently held last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 26,026,950 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Kubua are found; 80 percent are found in West Africa and 80 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most widely held given name internationally It is held by 22 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 223 people, or 1 in 794,362. In Nigeria Kubua is most prevalent in: Cross River, where 84 percent live, Benue, where 6 percent live and Lagos, where 3 percent live. Barring Nigeria it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 10 percent live and Cameroon, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Khubua91845/
Kubuoa9113/
Kuebua914/
Kaubua912/
Kuubua911/
Kibua802,391/
Kobua80946/
Kubwa80560/
Kubuo80105/
Kubva8022/
Kupua804/
Cubua801/
Khobua73277/
Kobuoa7383/
Kiebua7348/
Kumpua7321/
Kubbay7313/
Kubuoe738/
Kuubwa732/
Kuipua731/
Qkubuo731/
Kibuah731/
Cubuas731/
Quibua731/
Kubwai731/
Khibua731/
Kubbai731/
Kobuah731/
Kaubba731/
Khoubba67342/
Kibuayi674/
Cubuhat671/
Koubbou671/

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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 Kubua
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