Yaraba Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Yaraba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Yaraba (992) may also be a first name.
Yaraba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Yaraba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Yaraba occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Yaraba? popularity and diffusion
The surname Yaraba is the 4,427,875th most numerous family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Yaraba live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 80 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 255,582nd most commonly occurring given name on earth. It is borne by 992 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 14,761,896. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Sokoto, where 42 percent reside, Kogi, where 33 percent reside and Bauchi, where 8 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 25 percent reside and Burkina Faso, where 5 percent reside.
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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 Yaraba
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