Noraba Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Afghanistan
Highest density in:
Afghanistan

Noraba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Noraba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Afghanistan61:5,358,86425,178
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613

Noraba (121) may also be a first name.

Noraba Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Noraba Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Noraba is more commonly found in Afghanistan than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Noraba.

How Common Is The Last Name Noraba? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,723,624th most numerous last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Noraba is predominantly found in Asia, where 75 percent of Noraba reside; 75 percent reside in South Asia and 75 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 848,089th most numerous first name at a global level, held by 121 people.

The surname Noraba is most widely held in Afghanistan, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 5,358,864. In Afghanistan it is mostly found in: Kabul, where 33 percent are found, Laghman, where 17 percent are found and Paktia, where 17 percent are found. Apart from Afghanistan this last name is found in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 25 percent are found.

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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 Noraba
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