Malam Garba Surname
Approximately 1,493 people bear this surname
Malam Garba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 1,247 | 1:15,391 | 1,022 |
| Nigeria | 246 | 1:720,093 | 33,031 |
Malam Garba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Malam Garba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Malam Garba is found most frequently in Niger. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Malam Garba? popularity and diffusion
The last name Malam Garba is the 262,597th most prevalent family name globally It is held by around 1 in 4,881,143 people. The last name Malam Garba is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Malam Garba are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 84 percent are found in Chadic Africa.
The last name is most commonly held in Niger, where it is borne by 1,247 people, or 1 in 15,391. In Niger it is mostly concentrated in: Zinder Region, where 51 percent are found, Maradi Region, where 28 percent are found and Diffa Region, where 10 percent are found. Other than Niger this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 16 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mallam Garba | 96 | 322 | / |
| Malam Garuba | 96 | 5 | / |
| Malam Garaba | 96 | 4 | / |
| Maalam Garba | 96 | 1 | / |
| Malm Garba | 95 | 3 | / |
| Malam Grba | 95 | 1 | / |
| Malamgarba | 95 | 1 | / |
| Mallam Garuba | 92 | 29 | / |
| Maallam Garba | 92 | 1 | / |
| Mallamgarba | 91 | 6 | / |
| Malam Garab | 91 | 1 | / |
| Mlm Garba | 90 | 1 | / |
| Mallum Garba | 87 | 1 | / |
| Mallam-Garba | 87 | 1 | / |
| Mallam Karabiya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mallam Karibe | 75 | 7 | / |
| Mallam Karube | 75 | 1 | / |
| Malam Kirbo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Malam Kourbe | 70 | 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
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- 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 Malam Garba
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