Tourba Surname
Approximately 2,324 people bear this surname
Tourba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 2,153 | 1:8,914 | 687 |
| Algeria | 142 | 1:272,053 | 27,945 |
| France | 14 | 1:4,744,480 | 251,814 |
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Tourba (264) may also be a first name.
Tourba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tourba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tourba (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﺮﺑﻪ) is found most frequently in Niger. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tourba? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 182,810th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 3,135,777 people. The last name Tourba is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Tourba live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Chadic Africa. Tourba is also the 547,545th most commonly occurring forename globally. It is borne by 264 people.
This last name is most common in Niger, where it is held by 2,153 people, or 1 in 8,914. In Niger it is mostly found in: Dosso Region, where 57 percent are found, Tillabéri Region, where 12 percent are found and Zinder Region, where 10 percent are found. Excluding Niger this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 6 percent are found and France, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tourba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tourba in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﺮﺑﻪ | trbh | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Tourba
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