Raruba Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ethiopia
Highest density in:
Ethiopia

Raruba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Raruba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603

Raruba (37) may also be a first name.

Raruba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Raruba is found in Ethiopia more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Raruba? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 7,117,718th most widely held surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Raruba live; 57 percent live in East Africa and 57 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. Raruba is also the 1,688,769th most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 37 people.

The last name is most prevalent in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 24,386,566. Beside Ethiopia it is found in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 43 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rariba837/
Raroba833/
Rearubi771/
Rharoubi711/
Rahroubi711/
Rharroubi677/
Roruwa672/
Raruve671/
Roruva671/
Roroba671/
Rauribo6221/
Rooriba621/
Rahrobi621/
Rarauvi621/
Roribai621/
Rarhibou572/
Rohrhuber53155/
Rhorhuber530/
Rorobi50102/
Rorobo505/

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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 Raruba
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