Loruba Surname
Approximately 87 people bear this surname
Loruba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 86 | 1:453,945 | 27,029 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Loruba (17) may also be a first name.
Loruba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Loruba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Loruba occurs in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Loruba.
How Common Is The Last Name Loruba? popularity and diffusion
Loruba is the 2,007,164th most frequently used surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 83,764,896 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Loruba live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 52 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most common first name worldwide It is held by 17 people.
The last name Loruba is most widespread in Uganda, where it is carried by 86 people, or 1 in 453,945. In Uganda Loruba is most common in: Moyo District, where 45 percent are found, Yumbe District, where 33 percent are found and Amudat District, where 10 percent are found. Outside of Uganda this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Sudan, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lorubat | 92 | 170 | / |
| Loorubat | 86 | 1 | / |
| Lourouba | 86 | 1 | / |
| Laruba | 83 | 209 | / |
| Luruba | 83 | 4 | / |
| Loriba | 83 | 3 | / |
| Lorubo | 83 | 2 | / |
| Loruwa | 83 | 2 | / |
| Lorube | 83 | 2 | / |
| Lorubi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Loroba | 83 | 1 | / |
| Leruba | 83 | 1 | / |
| Loruvai | 77 | 56 | / |
| Lorubio | 77 | 6 | / |
| Loiriba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Larouba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Larruba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Louroubi | 71 | 341 | / |
| Lerubhai | 71 | 2 | / |
| Largouba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lhoribai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lariba | 67 | 5,667 | / |
| Loribo | 67 | 553 | / |
| Leriba | 67 | 470 | / |
| Larubo | 67 | 333 | / |
| Larubi | 67 | 121 | / |
| Laruwa | 67 | 22 | / |
| Lurube | 67 | 7 | / |
| Laroba | 67 | 3 | / |
| Lorobe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Lorobo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loruwo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Larube | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Loruba
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis