Roba Surname
Approximately 27,388 people bear this surname
Roba Surname User-submission:
The Roba surname means 'rain' in the Oromo language. The Oromo language is the language of the largest ethnic group in Ethiopia, Oromo.
Roba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 12,878 | 1:7,575 | 1,180 |
| Kenya | 8,845 | 1:5,221 | 728 |
| Romania | 760 | 1:26,418 | 3,362 |
| Bangladesh | 451 | 1:353,341 | 9,758 |
| Egypt | 427 | 1:215,306 | 15,336 |
| Yemen | 385 | 1:68,637 | 4,873 |
| Belgium | 379 | 1:30,334 | 4,910 |
| Italy | 316 | 1:193,534 | 28,199 |
| Slovakia | 292 | 1:18,276 | 2,764 |
| Somalia | 245 | 1:54,906 | 2,420 |
| United States | 223 | 1:1,625,376 | 108,854 |
| Indonesia | 222 | 1:595,717 | 47,390 |
| Iraq | 178 | 1:196,751 | 4,604 |
| India | 162 | 1:4,734,971 | 120,979 |
| Philippines | 147 | 1:688,695 | 70,564 |
| Argentina | 141 | 1:303,145 | 24,179 |
| Spain | 139 | 1:336,346 | 19,522 |
| Uganda | 134 | 1:291,338 | 20,450 |
| Nigeria | 94 | 1:1,884,497 | 67,423 |
| Syria | 79 | 1:244,317 | 4,235 |
| Benin | 75 | 1:137,808 | 14,664 |
| Papua New Guinea | 75 | 1:108,716 | 14,715 |
| France | 74 | 1:897,604 | 104,173 |
| Czechia | 51 | 1:208,499 | 29,840 |
| Uruguay | 49 | 1:70,036 | 7,400 |
| Russia | 47 | 1:3,066,448 | 164,949 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Palestine | 41 | 1:110,948 | 7,275 |
| Cuba | 39 | 1:295,454 | 5,288 |
| Pakistan | 29 | 1:6,160,134 | 36,715 |
| Taiwan | 26 | 1:901,721 | 6,312 |
| Lithuania | 26 | 1:116,715 | 14,086 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Jordan | 21 | 1:421,068 | 12,361 |
| Canada | 20 | 1:1,842,280 | 119,096 |
| Ukraine | 19 | 1:2,395,931 | 155,639 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Sudan | 16 | 1:2,344,387 | 4,438 |
| Israel | 14 | 1:611,260 | 42,949 |
| Albania | 14 | 1:208,147 | 13,618 |
| Brazil | 13 | 1:16,467,256 | 295,032 |
| United Arab Emirates | 12 | 1:763,523 | 25,625 |
| Chile | 11 | 1:1,601,498 | 26,155 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Belarus | 9 | 1:1,055,673 | 72,859 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Ivory Coast | 8 | 1:2,883,904 | 43,419 |
| Turkey | 8 | 1:9,727,678 | 134,647 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| Austria | 7 | 1:1,216,491 | 80,919 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Burkina Faso | 4 | 1:4,588,025 | 21,573 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Solomon Islands | 3 | 1:193,343 | 19,495 |
| Latvia | 3 | 1:683,349 | 34,074 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 32 | 1:1,569,334 | 83,036 |
The alternate forms: Róba (1) are calculated separately.
Roba (75,523) may also be a first name.
Roba Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The Roba surname means 'rain' in the Oromo language. The Oromo language is the language of the largest ethnic group in Ethiopia, Oromo.
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Roba Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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Roba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Roba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Roba (Arabic: روبا, Bengali: রোবা, Georgian: რობა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺮﻭﺏ, Hindi: रोबा, Marathi: रोबा, Oriya: େରାବା, Russian: Роба, Tibetan: རོ་བ་) is more commonly found in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Róba. Click here for further potential spellings of Roba.
How Common Is The Last Name Roba? popularity and diffusion
The last name Roba is the 19,974th most prevalent last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 266,085 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 83 percent of Roba live; 81 percent live in East Africa and 47 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 12,986th most frequently held given name globally, borne by 75,523 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 12,878 people, or 1 in 7,575. Other than Ethiopia this surname exists in 83 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 32 percent are found and Romania, where 3 percent are found.
Roba Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Roba has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 697 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 150 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Roba Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Roba last name is principally Muslim (61%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Roba last name are 37.25% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 90.48% registered with the party.
The amount Roba earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 14.05% less than the national average, earning 297,470 kr per year; in Colombia they earn 148.94% more than the national average, earning $56,515,600 COP per year; in United States they earn 18.55% less than the national average, earning $35,144 USD per year and in Canada they earn 22.2% less than the national average, earning $38,654 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Roba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Roba in the Georgian language | ||
| რობა | roba | - |
| Roba in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺮﻭﺏ | alrwb | - |
| Roba in the Tibetan language | ||
| རོ་བ་ | rowa | - |
| Roba in the Bengali language | ||
| রোবা | roba | - |
| Roba in the Hindi language | ||
| रोबा | roba | - |
| Roba in the Oriya language | ||
| େରାବା | eraba | - |
| Roba in the Marathi language | ||
| रोबा | roba | 70 |
| रोब | roba | 20 |
| रॉबा | roba | 10 |
| Roba in the Russian language | ||
| Роба | roba | - |
| Roba in the Arabic language | ||
| روبا | rwba | - |
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