Modba Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Modba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 31 | 1:132,092 | 7,581 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Modba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Modba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Modba (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺪﺑﻪ) is more frequently found in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Modba? popularity and diffusion
The surname Modba is the 3,485,539th most commonly held family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. Modba occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Modba live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
The last name is most commonly held in Mauritania, where it is carried by 31 people, or 1 in 132,092. In Mauritania it is most prevalent in: Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 58 percent reside and Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 42 percent reside. Not including Mauritania Modba occurs in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moudba | 91 | 11 | / |
| Modbah | 91 | 2 | / |
| Modıba | 91 | 1 | / |
| Modua | 80 | 127 | / |
| Modwa | 80 | 29 | / |
| Madba | 80 | 19 | / |
| Medba | 80 | 5 | / |
| Mudba | 80 | 3 | / |
| Modva | 80 | 3 | / |
| Modbi | 80 | 2 | / |
| Modbe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mohdbatt | 77 | 1 | / |
| Medbai | 73 | 145 | / |
| Modhua | 73 | 40 | / |
| Modber | 73 | 36 | / |
| Moodbi | 73 | 30 | / |
| Moudbe | 73 | 28 | / |
| Madbaa | 73 | 10 | / |
| Moduoa | 73 | 9 | / |
| Moodva | 73 | 8 | / |
| Madbai | 73 | 6 | / |
| Modhbe | 73 | 6 | / |
| Modtua | 73 | 3 | / |
| Muodbo | 73 | 3 | / |
| Medbaj | 73 | 2 | / |
| Madbaj | 73 | 2 | / |
| Madbat | 73 | 1 | / |
| Moduha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Medbah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Modbid | 73 | 1 | / |
| Moddbo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Modway | 73 | 1 | / |
| Modvat | 73 | 1 | / |
| Moddua | 73 | 1 | / |
| Medbha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Madhba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Madbah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Moodvat | 67 | 10 | / |
| Madbash | 67 | 10 | / |
| Moodbeh | 67 | 6 | / |
| Madbach | 67 | 2 | / |
| Moidebe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mouddua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moudbou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Madbhat | 67 | 1 | / |
| Moudber | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mahdbaz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Madhbai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mahdbai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mahadba | 67 | 1 | / |
Modba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Modba in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺪﺑﻪ | mdbh | 50 |
| ﻣﺪﺏ | mdb | 50 |
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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 Modba
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