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
The surname Malam Garba is borne by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Malam Garba.
How Common Is The Last Name Malam Garba? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 262,597th most frequent family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 4,881,143 people. Malam Garba is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Malam Garba live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 84 percent live in Chadic Africa.
The surname is most commonly used in Niger, where it is held by 1,247 people, or 1 in 15,391. In Niger Malam Garba is mostly found in: Zinder Region, where 51 percent are found, Maradi Region, where 28 percent are found and Diffa Region, where 10 percent are found. Barring Niger this surname is found 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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