Mourba Surname
Approximately 1,248 people bear this surname
Mourba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 841 | 1:4,869 | 584 |
| Chad | 385 | 1:35,304 | 4,109 |
| Cameroon | 21 | 1:989,003 | 63,570 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
Mourba (68) may also be a first name.
Mourba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mourba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Mourba (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﺮﺏ) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Mourba? popularity and diffusion
It is the 303,787th most widely held surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 5,839,380 people. Mourba is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mourba are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 67 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 1,181,159th most commonly held first name globally, borne by 68 people.
Mourba is most numerous in Mauritania, where it is borne by 841 people, or 1 in 4,869. In Mauritania it is most numerous in: Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 22 percent live, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 22 percent live and Guidimagha Region, where 17 percent live. Excluding Mauritania Mourba exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Chad, where 31 percent live and Cameroon, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Mourba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mourba in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﺮﺏ | mrb | 59.64 |
| ﻣﺮﺑﻪ | mrbh | 39.01 |
| ﻣﻮﺭﺑﺎ | mwrba | 0.45 |
| ﻣﻮﺭﺏ | mwrb | 0.45 |
| ﻣﺮﻳﻪ | mryh | 0.45 |
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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 Mourba
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