Laba Surname
Approximately 19,663 people bear this surname
Laba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 3,824 | 1:34,584 | 4,046 |
| Ukraine | 2,560 | 1:17,782 | 2,429 |
| Togo | 2,100 | 1:3,451 | 531 |
| Nigeria | 1,036 | 1:170,987 | 10,586 |
| DR Congo | 1,033 | 1:71,519 | 8,362 |
| Ivory Coast | 970 | 1:23,785 | 1,711 |
| Philippines | 790 | 1:128,150 | 21,916 |
| India | 778 | 1:985,945 | 41,800 |
| United States | 726 | 1:499,255 | 41,999 |
| Saudi Arabia | 716 | 1:43,095 | 6,100 |
| Cameroon | 674 | 1:30,815 | 4,161 |
| Chad | 578 | 1:23,516 | 2,818 |
| Romania | 521 | 1:38,537 | 4,916 |
| Russia | 348 | 1:414,147 | 39,722 |
| Poland | 290 | 1:131,065 | 19,217 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Canada | 276 | 1:133,499 | 13,853 |
| Botswana | 210 | 1:10,414 | 1,941 |
| Moldova | 208 | 1:17,122 | 2,926 |
| Niger | 153 | 1:125,438 | 4,841 |
| Thailand | 145 | 1:487,161 | 85,241 |
| Lebanon | 136 | 1:41,449 | 3,757 |
| United Arab Emirates | 113 | 1:81,082 | 7,365 |
| Malaysia | 110 | 1:268,129 | 14,980 |
| Brazil | 103 | 1:2,078,392 | 65,524 |
| Congo | 93 | 1:53,646 | 4,856 |
| Australia | 87 | 1:310,295 | 26,919 |
| Pakistan | 85 | 1:2,101,693 | 19,804 |
| Uganda | 62 | 1:629,666 | 32,895 |
| Papua New Guinea | 48 | 1:169,869 | 23,574 |
| Qatar | 47 | 1:50,170 | 4,949 |
| Taiwan | 42 | 1:558,208 | 4,168 |
| England | 41 | 1:1,358,977 | 60,528 |
| China | 39 | 1:35,059,527 | 1,855 |
| Turkey | 38 | 1:2,047,932 | 70,216 |
| Germany | 26 | 1:3,096,364 | 143,912 |
| Czechia | 26 | 1:408,980 | 46,580 |
| France | 24 | 1:2,767,613 | 196,808 |
| Belarus | 21 | 1:452,431 | 44,053 |
| Spain | 21 | 1:2,226,287 | 55,801 |
| Argentina | 21 | 1:2,035,401 | 100,871 |
| Zambia | 20 | 1:792,496 | 27,807 |
| Albania | 19 | 1:153,371 | 11,939 |
| South Africa | 17 | 1:3,186,924 | 115,449 |
| Mauritania | 16 | 1:255,929 | 11,901 |
| Greece | 15 | 1:738,653 | 80,079 |
| Kazakhstan | 15 | 1:1,178,833 | 65,606 |
| Slovenia | 12 | 1:207,306 | 15,422 |
| Guam | 12 | 1:13,343 | 2,098 |
| Transnistria | 11 | 1:43,154 | 6,501 |
| Hong Kong | 9 | 1:815,054 | 3,802 |
| Slovakia | 7 | 1:762,350 | 73,078 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Algeria | 6 | 1:6,438,592 | 53,709 |
| Italy | 6 | 1:10,192,781 | 121,657 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| Benin | 6 | 1:1,722,600 | 61,769 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Croatia | 5 | 1:845,721 | 48,179 |
| Peru | 5 | 1:6,356,825 | 38,776 |
| Guinea | 4 | 1:2,958,454 | 2,022 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Nepal | 4 | 1:7,120,239 | 14,461 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Georgia | 3 | 1:1,248,515 | 28,066 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 25 | 1:2,008,747 | 100,426 |
The alternate forms: Labă (133) & Lába (13) are calculated separately.
Laba (17,596) may also be a first name.
Laba Demographics
Average Male Laba Height
178.45 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Laba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Laba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Laba (Arabic: لبّا, Bengali: লবা, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻻﺑﺎ, Hindi: लाबा, Marathi: लाबा, Oriya: ଲବ, Russian: Лаба, Tibetan: ལ་བ་) is found in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant: Labă or Lába. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Laba? popularity and diffusion
The surname Laba is the 27,331st most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 370,622 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 36 percent of Laba reside; 28 percent reside in West Africa and 21 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Laba is also the 41,498th most commonly occurring first name in the world It is held by 17,596 people.
The surname Laba is most frequently used in Indonesia, where it is held by 3,824 people, or 1 in 34,584. In Indonesia it is primarily found in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 34 percent live, Bali, where 29 percent live and South Sulawesi, where 8 percent live. Aside from Indonesia this last name is found in 96 countries. It also occurs in Ukraine, where 13 percent live and Togo, where 11 percent live.
Laba Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Laba has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Laba surname rose 2,904 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Laba Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Orthodox (100%) in Russia, Maronite (99%) in Lebanon, Christian (87%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (55%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Laba surname are 0.049999999999997% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 53.18% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Laba earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 52.45% less than the national average, earning R 113,004 per year; in United States they earn 5.86% more than the national average, earning $45,678 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.56% more than the national average, earning $52,940 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Laba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Laba in the Oriya language | ||
| ଲବ | laba | 87.21 |
| ଲବା | laba | 8.33 |
| ଲାବା | laba | 2.01 |
| ଳବ | laba | 0.29 |
| ଲାବ | laba | 0.22 |
| ବନ | bana | 0.07 |
| ଳବା | laba | 0.07 |
| ନବ | naba | 0.07 |
| ଆଲବ | alaba | 0.07 |
| ବଲ | bala | 0.07 |
| Laba in the Hindi language | ||
| लाबा | laba | 85.71 |
| लबा | laba | 14.29 |
| Laba in the Marathi language | ||
| लाबा | laba | 73.33 |
| लबा | laba | 24.44 |
| ळाबा | laba | 2.22 |
| Laba in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻻﺑﺎ | laba | 66.67 |
| ﻻﺏ | lab | 16.67 |
| ﻟﺐ | lb | 8.33 |
| ﺍﻟﻠﺐ | allb | 8.33 |
| Laba in the Bengali language | ||
| লবা | laba | 57.89 |
| লব | laba | 31.58 |
| লবজয় | labajaya | 2.63 |
| লাবা | laba | 2.63 |
| লবামনি | labamani | 2.63 |
| লবলক্ষ্মী | labalaksmi | 2.63 |
| Laba in the Tibetan language | ||
| ལ་བ་ | lawa | 25 |
| ལེགས་བ་ | lekwa | 25 |
| ལཱ་བ། | lawa | 25 |
| ལ་བཱ་ | laba | 25 |
| Laba in the Russian language | ||
| Лаба | laba | - |
| Laba in the Arabic language | ||
| لبّا | lba | - |
| علبا | lba | - |
| لبا | lba | - |
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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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