Rába Surname

505,580th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 649 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Rába Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rába Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary6211:15,8071,805
Czechia181:590,74858,011
Slovakia91:592,93964,129
England11:55,718,059489,080

The alternate forms: Raba (14,541), Rabà (11), Rabã (10) & Rabá (1) are calculated separately.

Rába Last Name Facts

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

The last name Rába is found in Hungary more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Raba, Rabà, Rabã or Rabá. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Rába? popularity and diffusion

The surname Rába is the 505,580th most commonly used surname globally It is held by around 1 in 11,228,884 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Rába are found; 100 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 96 percent are found in Hungaro-Europe.

The surname Rába is most commonly held in Hungary, where it is held by 621 people, or 1 in 15,807. In Hungary it is most frequent in: Vas County, where 54 percent are found, Budapest, where 12 percent are found and Veszprém County, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account Hungary this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Czechia, where 3 percent are found and Slovakia, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Raba9214,541/
Rábai89957/
Rábay8910/
Rabà8311/
Rabã8310/
Rabá831/
Roba7527,388/
Rábe752/
Róba751/
Rábi751/
Rabha67488,289/
Rabah6738,228/
Rabea6738,153/
Robat6710,025/
Rabat678,248/
Rabaa676,823/
Rouba675,834/
Rabai675,133/
Rabad674,144/
Robas671,891/
Robai671,767/
Rahba671,335/
Rabas671,323/
Rauba67847/
Robea67711/
Rabay67614/
Robay67422/
Hraba67374/
Rabau67369/
Rabaj67357/
Rávai67249/
Robaj67244/
Robaa67242/
Robau67224/
Robah67215/
Rhoba67215/
Rabaz67197/
Rooba67186/
Ratba67185/
Rasba67153/
Rajba67135/
Roiba67127/
Reyba67102/
Rayba6799/
Rhaba6775/
Raiba6772/
Rosba6758/
Reiba6743/
Rojba6743/
Royba6741/
Robha6738/
Hroba6732/
Reuba6728/
Raaba6723/
Ráboň6718/
Rabga6718/
Robaz6716/
Robad6715/
Roboa6713/
Ráber6711/
Raábe678/
Rgaba678/
Rábayová677/
Rotba676/
Robaș675/
Rohba674/
Raboa673/
Reaba673/
Rabaï673/
Robaş672/
Rabap672/
Rabaâ672/
Ruoba672/
Robga672/
Robaš672/
Rabàa671/
Rabâa671/
Rabéa671/
Robač671/
Rabaş671/
Rabaś671/

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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 Rába
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