Rahba Surname
Approximately 1,335 people bear this surname
Rahba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 1,050 | 1:36,792 | 6,677 |
| Mauritania | 175 | 1:23,399 | 2,055 |
| India | 63 | 1:12,175,641 | 218,299 |
| Lebanon | 25 | 1:225,483 | 8,917 |
| Yemen | 5 | 1:5,285,059 | 21,214 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Rahba (565) may also be a first name.
Rahba Demographics
Rahba Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Rahba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rahba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rahba (Arabic: رحبا, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺭﺣﺐ) occurs in Algeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Rahba click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rahba? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 287,524th most numerous surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 5,458,836 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Rahba live; 79 percent live in North Africa and 79 percent live in Mahgreb. Rahba is also the 353,173rd most commonly held first name at a global level, held by 565 people.
Rahba is most frequently held in Algeria, where it is held by 1,050 people, or 1 in 36,792. In Algeria Rahba is most common in: Sétif Province, where 100 percent live and Algiers Province, where 0 percent live. Not including Algeria it exists in 14 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 13 percent live and India, where 5 percent live.
Rahba Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Melkite Greek Catholic (86%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
Rahba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Rahba in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺭﺣﺐ | rhb | 58.33 |
| ﺭﺣﺒﻪ | rhbh | 40 |
| ﺭﺣﺒﺔ | rhbt | 1.67 |
| Rahba in the Arabic language | ||
| رحبا | rhba | - |
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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 Rahba
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