N'Ba Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Mauritania

N'Ba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

N'Ba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin31:3,445,20177,822
Mauritania21:2,047,43230,537
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471

N'Ba (14) may also be a first name.

N'Ba Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name N'Ba Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname N'Ba (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻨﺒﻪ) is found most frequently in Benin. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of N'Ba click here.

How Common Is The Last Name N'Ba? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 7,117,718th most common last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of N'Ba live; 71 percent live in West Africa and 43 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. N'Ba is also the 3,024,661st most frequently used given name worldwide. It is borne by 14 people.

The surname is most frequent in Benin, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 3,445,201. In Benin it is most prevalent in: Borgou Department, where 33 percent reside, Collines Department, where 33 percent reside and Littoral Department, where 33 percent reside. Excluding Benin N'Ba occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 29 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 14 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
N'Bai894/
N'Boa893/
N'Mba891/
N'Bat891/
N'Bad891/
Nba86768/
N'Batt8089/
N'Bass801/
N'Bahe801/
Nbai75151/
Nmba75101/
Nbaa7560/
N'Bo7533/
Nbea7526/
Nbat7518/
N'Va7512/
N'Be7511/
Nbaz7511/
Nbaj755/
Nbau755/
N'Wa754/
N'By752/
N'Bi752/
Nbay751/
Hnba751/
Nboa751/
Nbad751/
Nbha751/
N'Vaa6753/
Nbaya6714/
N'Vea6712/
Nmbah6711/
N'Bou678/
Nbaah675/
N'Vah674/
N'Boi673/
Nbash673/
N'Wai672/
Nbahe672/
Hnmba671/
Nmbay671/
N'Bed671/
N'Bih671/
Nwo'a671/
Nbaaj671/
Nbatt671/
Nbhas671/
Nmbaj671/
N'Bey671/
N'Beu671/
Nnbaa671/
N'Wau671/
Nbeah671/
Nbgau671/
Nmbaa671/
N'Waï671/
Nbhat671/
Nboha671/
N'Nua671/
N'Vaà671/

N'Ba Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
N'Ba in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻨﺒﻪalnbh50
ﺃﻧﺒﻪanbh50

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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 N'Ba
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