Nuba Surname

238,807th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,678 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Nuba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nuba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia7131:185,48317,828
South Africa5221:103,78912,546
India2001:3,835,327105,627
DR Congo821:900,97060,382
Nigeria431:4,119,599115,187
Solomon Islands161:36,2527,281
Cameroon131:1,597,62187,539
Malaysia101:2,949,422111,742
Tanzania91:5,882,40160,754
Pakistan91:19,849,32172,658
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Papua New Guinea71:1,164,817109,517
Lebanon61:939,51416,645
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
England11:55,718,059489,080
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
France11:66,422,722504,397
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States191:2,643,089124,494

Nuba (1,796) may also be a first name.

Nuba Last Name Facts

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

Nuba (Arabic: نوبا, Hindi: नुबा, Marathi: नुबा, Oriya: ନୁବା, Russian: Нуба) is found most frequently in Indonesia. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nuba? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 238,807th most commonly used family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 4,342,995 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 57 percent of Nuba reside; 43 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 43 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Nuba is also the 180,387th most frequent given name at a global level. It is borne by 1,796 people.

The last name is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is borne by 713 people, or 1 in 185,483. In Indonesia Nuba is primarily found in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 85 percent reside, South Sumatra, where 7 percent reside and South Sulawesi, where 4 percent reside. Other than Indonesia Nuba occurs in 39 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 31 percent reside and India, where 12 percent reside.

Nuba Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Nuba has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Nuba surname decreased 63 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Nuba Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Latin Catholic (100%) in Lebanon.

Nuba earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 66.05% less than the national average, earning R 80,676 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nguba896,510/
Nubea894,823/
Nouba891,791/
Neuba89653/
Nubha89370/
Nuiba89104/
Nubat8982/
Nauba8971/
Nuboa8957/
Nubai8954/
Nubah8925/
Nujba8920/
Nusba8915/
Nubay8915/
Nueba898/
Nubas895/
Nuuba894/
Nuhba894/
Nutba894/
Nnuba892/
Nubap891/
Nhuba891/
Nubad891/
Nubhai806,027/
Ngouba80710/
Nubaha8076/
Ngubai8067/
Naubat8035/
Nubaya8031/
Nubash8018/
Nubaia8017/
Noubah8016/
Nuhbaş8013/
Noubad8010/
Noubai8010/
Naubad809/
Naubau809/
Nubaja807/
Neubau804/
Nubais804/
Nubeha804/
Nahuba803/
Nausba802/
Ngauba802/
Nuibat802/
Naubay802/
Neubat802/
Noubaa802/
Noubat802/
Nushba801/
Nuybas801/
Naubha801/
Nubahe801/
Nubaid801/
Nuibah801/
Nubahd801/
Nubiea801/
Nuboha801/
Nujtba801/
Ngubea801/
Ngubha801/
Nutbat801/
Nusbau801/
Gnouba801/
Noubga801/
Noubha801/
Noubaî801/
Nubach800/
Noba7511,766/
Niba753,982/
Nuwa752,093/
Nube751,482/
Nubi751,242/
Nubo75358/
Nuby75272/
Nuva7559/
Nubé7526/
Noubaya73196/
Ngoubai73103/
Neubach7378/
Noubahe7315/
Nousbah7311/
Nubahai735/
Naushba733/
Nausbad731/
N'Gouba731/
Nussbau731/
Noubach731/
Noubatt731/
Noubeau731/
Naubhaj731/
Ngoubay731/
Ngnouba731/
Nhoubai731/
Nuubhai731/
Noutbat731/
Noushba731/
Ngubo6716,017/
Noboa6714,706/
Nuber673,101/
Noubi672,592/
Ngubi672,178/
Nieba671,076/
Nouby671,058/
Nibha67661/
Ngube67660/
Nuiva67410/
Numpa67295/
Nouwa67245/
Nubee67232/
Noubo67215/
Nubes67199/
Nguva67174/
Gnuva67173/
Nibay67165/
Nauwa67162/
Nibah67125/
Nubie67118/
Nuway67116/
Nuhwa67113/
Neube6792/
Neuwa6784/
Nobau6769/
Nuibe6768/
Noube6765/
Naubi6761/
Nuwah6759/
Nobea6757/
Nuvad6747/
Nubed6743/
Nobay6742/
Nobai6742/
Nuvoa6740/
Nauva6737/
Nubio6737/
Nuwai6737/
Nuwea6732/
Naubo6732/
Nnubo6729/
Nusua6729/
Nibai6728/
Neuby6721/
Nuebo6719/
Naube6718/
Neuva6715/
Nuvat6713/
Neubo6712/
Nuibi6710/
Nubez679/
Nouva679/
Nooba678/
Nubeh678/
Nibau678/
Nnoba677/
Nuvai677/
Nuvay677/
Nobha676/
Nóboa676/
Nhube676/
Nuvas675/
Nuuwa675/
Nuubi674/
Nnubi674/
Nuboo674/
Nunpa674/
Nobaa674/
Nhuwa673/
Nubiy673/
Nibea673/
Nubis673/
Nibaa673/
Nuhbi673/
Nuvah672/
Nuwua672/
Nobúa672/
Nuibo672/
Hnuwa672/
Nahubhai671/
Nusva671/
Nutbe671/
Nuwaj671/
Nuwap671/
Nubet671/
Nubii671/
Nubij671/
Nuiwa671/
Nubid671/
Nuboy671/
Nubih671/
Nobôa671/
Nubit671/
Hniba671/
Nubei671/
Nuboh671/
Nuboi671/
Nubyi671/
Nauby671/
Neubi671/
Ngoubaya671/
Ngnoutba671/
Nhiba671/
Nuubo671/
Nuvau671/
Nniba671/
Nnube671/
Hnube671/
Gnuwa671/
Nubhi671/
Nubey670/
Gnubault670/
Neubasth670/
Nusby670/
Nutby670/

Nuba Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nuba in the Oriya language
ନୁବାnuba-
Nuba in the Marathi language
नुबाnuba-
Nuba in the Hindi language
नुबाnuba72.73
नूबाnuba18.18
नूबाजैनnubajaina9.09
Nuba in the Russian language
Нубаnuba-
Nuba in the Arabic language
نوباnwba-

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