Naba Surname
Approximately 29,980 people bear this surname
Naba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 15,762 | 1:1,164 | 177 |
| Indonesia | 4,235 | 1:31,228 | 3,670 |
| India | 2,909 | 1:263,687 | 15,157 |
| Bangladesh | 1,622 | 1:98,247 | 4,266 |
| Japan | 1,127 | 1:113,438 | 6,500 |
| Cameroon | 634 | 1:32,759 | 4,412 |
| DR Congo | 513 | 1:144,015 | 15,172 |
| Togo | 420 | 1:17,257 | 5,159 |
| Lebanon | 358 | 1:15,746 | 2,107 |
| Iraq | 278 | 1:125,977 | 3,498 |
| Pakistan | 230 | 1:776,713 | 11,178 |
| Mexico | 221 | 1:561,657 | 9,608 |
| Papua New Guinea | 204 | 1:39,969 | 4,849 |
| Iran | 184 | 1:417,296 | 26,403 |
| Philippines | 180 | 1:562,435 | 62,921 |
| Ivory Coast | 167 | 1:138,151 | 6,595 |
| United States | 165 | 1:2,196,721 | 138,143 |
| Niger | 154 | 1:124,623 | 4,816 |
| Brazil | 145 | 1:1,476,375 | 49,524 |
| Nigeria | 79 | 1:2,242,313 | 76,227 |
| Taiwan | 54 | 1:434,162 | 3,316 |
| United Arab Emirates | 42 | 1:218,149 | 14,475 |
| Benin | 34 | 1:303,988 | 24,879 |
| Solomon Islands | 28 | 1:20,715 | 4,044 |
| South Africa | 24 | 1:2,257,404 | 96,432 |
| Malaysia | 22 | 1:1,340,647 | 57,034 |
| Argentina | 20 | 1:2,137,171 | 104,027 |
| Uganda | 17 | 1:2,296,428 | 70,019 |
| Colombia | 16 | 1:2,985,880 | 14,490 |
| Turkey | 11 | 1:7,074,675 | 122,870 |
| Israel | 11 | 1:777,967 | 50,646 |
| Mauritania | 10 | 1:409,486 | 16,302 |
| Senegal | 10 | 1:1,457,934 | 3,873 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| Venezuela | 7 | 1:4,314,868 | 39,591 |
| Afghanistan | 7 | 1:4,593,312 | 23,122 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| Mongolia | 4 | 1:706,322 | 11,365 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Palestine | 3 | 1:1,516,283 | 17,268 |
| Guinea | 3 | 1:3,944,606 | 2,522 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 1:5,146,080 | 115,446 |
| Peru | 3 | 1:10,594,708 | 45,902 |
| Yemen | 3 | 1:8,808,431 | 35,773 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Ñaba (1) are calculated separately.
Naba (118,435) may also be a first name.
Naba Demographics
Average Naba Salary in
United States
$39,900 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Naba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Naba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Naba (Arabic: عنبي, Bengali: নব, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻨﺎﺑﻪ, Hindi: नबा, Marathi: नबा, Oriya: ନବ, Tibetan: གནག་སྦ།) is carried by more people in Burkina Faso than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Ñaba. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Naba? popularity and diffusion
Naba is the 18,393rd most widespread family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 243,080 people. The last name Naba is primarily found in Africa, where 59 percent of Naba live; 57 percent live in West Africa and 54 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 8,703rd most prevalent given name at a global level It is held by 118,435 people.
Naba is most frequent in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 15,762 people, or 1 in 1,164. In Burkina Faso Naba is most frequent in: Est Region, where 76 percent live, Sahel Region, where 8 percent live and Hauts-Bassins Region, where 7 percent live. Not including Burkina Faso this surname exists in 65 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 14 percent live and India, where 10 percent live.
Naba Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Naba has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Naba surname expanded 8,250 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Naba Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Naba last name is predominantly Melkite Greek Catholic (48%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Naba last name are 31.39% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 84.62% registered with the party.
The amount Naba earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 74.99% less than the national average, earning R 59,436 per year; in Colombia they earn 5.99% more than the national average, earning $24,063,300 COP per year and in United States they earn 7.53% less than the national average, earning $39,900 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Naba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Naba in the Tibetan language | ||
| གནག་སྦ། | nakba | - |
| Naba in the Hindi language | ||
| नबा | naba | 91.22 |
| नाबा | naba | 7.32 |
| नब | naba | 0.98 |
| Naba in the Marathi language | ||
| नबा | naba | 85.51 |
| नाबा | naba | 13.46 |
| नब | naba | 0.62 |
| Naba in the Oriya language | ||
| ନବ | naba | 73.7 |
| ନବା | naba | 18.13 |
| ନାବ | naba | 2.8 |
| ନବକିେଶାର | nabakiesara | 2.74 |
| ନାବା | naba | 0.29 |
| ଲବ | laba | 0.06 |
| ଜଜର୍ | jajar | 0.06 |
| ରବୀ | rabi | 0.06 |
| ନିବ | niba | 0.06 |
| Naba in the Bengali language | ||
| নব | naba | 68.52 |
| নবকুমার | nabakumara | 9.26 |
| নবরানী | nabarani | 3.7 |
| নবা | naba | 3.7 |
| নবলক্ষ্মী | nabalaksmi | 3.7 |
| নবলক্ষী | nabalaksi | 3.7 |
| Naba in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻨﺎﺑﻪ | alnabh | 55.56 |
| ﻧﺎﺑﻪ | nabh | 11.11 |
| ﻧﺎﺑﺎ | naba | 11.11 |
| ﻧﺎﺏ | nab | 11.11 |
| ﺍﻟﻨﺎﺏ | alnab | 11.11 |
| Naba in the Arabic language | ||
| عنبي | nby | - |
| نبآ | nba | - |
| نباء | nba | - |
| نابا | naba | - |
| نبا | nba | - |
| نابع | nab | - |
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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 Naba
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