Rababa Surname

584,278th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 536 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Saudi Arabia
Highest density in:
Saudi Arabia

Rababa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rababa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Saudi Arabia3581:86,18912,374
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
Jordan141:631,60313,893
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Palestine61:758,14214,544
Pakistan51:35,728,777102,388
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
England21:27,859,030389,889
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260

Rababa (8,369) may also be a first name.

Rababa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Rababa (Arabic: الربابة, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺮﺑﺎﺑﻪ, Hindi: रबाबा, Marathi: राबबा, Oriya: ରବବା) is held by more people in Saudi Arabia than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rababa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 584,278th most widely held surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 13,596,168 people. The last name Rababa is predominantly found in Asia, where 74 percent of Rababa reside; 72 percent reside in West Asia and 68 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula. Rababa is also the 69,017th most widely held forename internationally, held by 8,369 people.

The last name is most frequent in Saudi Arabia, where it is borne by 358 people, or 1 in 86,189. Barring Saudi Arabia this last name occurs in 20 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 23 percent reside and Jordan, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rababah9212,524/
Raubaba92397/
Rababaa92251/
Rababas9216/
Rabab'a925/
Rababat924/
Rababai924/
Rahbaba921/
Raybaba921/
Rabab'ah86208/
Rababa'h8615/
Rababhai863/
Rababais862/
Rabhabai861/
Rababi83279/
Rababy8363/
Rabawa8322/
Rababe8315/
Rabava8313/
Rabeba8312/
Robaba836/
Rebaba834/
Rababo833/
Rabhabhai8020/
Rabhaibai801/
Rababeh7748/
Rabavad7746/
Raibawa7719/
Rahbabi7718/
Raabova7711/
Rabeeba779/
Rebaiba777/
Rabouba775/
Rabaavi775/
Rabaibi774/
Rebabah773/
Rawabha772/
Rabawad771/
Rababhi771/
Rajbawa771/
Rababes771/
Rababui771/
Rabhaibhai751/
Ravabhai71317/
Rabahavi7155/
Rabashwa7145/
Rabhavat714/
Raba'abi714/
Rajbaboo713/
Ravabhat712/
Rabhavad711/
Rahbhawa711/
Rowaibaa711/
Rabova671,475/
Robabi67184/
Rabobi67156/
Rabobe6745/
Rabawo6727/
Rabavi679/
Ravava677/
Rebabo673/
Rawawa672/
Rawaba671/
Ravabe671/
Robabe671/
Rravabhai671/
Rabobo671/
Raajbaboo671/
Rabhabhet671/

Rababa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Rababa in the Hindi language
रबाबाrababa-
Rababa in the Oriya language
ରବବାrababa-
Rababa in the Marathi language
राबबाrababa87.5
रबबाrababa12.5
Rababa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺮﺑﺎﺑﻪalrbabh50
ﺍﻟﺮﺑﺎﺏalrbab50
Rababa in the Arabic language
الربابةalrbabt-
الربابهalrbabh-
الرباباalrbaba-

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Footnotes

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