Yauba Surname

229,521st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,765 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Yauba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Yauba Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,7071:103,7746,991
Cameroon551:377,61933,137
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Yauba (2,057) may also be a first name.

Yauba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yauba is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yauba? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 229,521st most frequently occurring family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 4,128,921 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Yauba are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 166,266th most frequently held first name in the world It is held by 2,057 people.

Yauba is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,707 people, or 1 in 103,774. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Adamawa, where 81 percent live, Borno, where 7 percent live and Zamfara, where 3 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 3 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yaouba9134,821/
Yauuba9112/
Yaubai913/
Yoauba911/
Yaubad911/
Yahouba8338/
Yaubaud8324/
Yaoubah836/
Ya'ouba836/
Yhaouba831/
Yagiuba831/
Youba802,681/
Yauwa80114/
Yaoba8097/
Yaubi8068/
Yaube807/
Yauva802/
Yaubo802/
Youbah73155/
Youbai7355/
Yauvai7330/
Yahuby7314/
Yaouwa7311/
Yaoubo732/
Youbas731/
Yaobai731/
Yaoubi731/
Yaoube731/
Youbha731/
Youbga731/
Jauuba731/
Yaeuwa731/
Yaubee731/
Yauwai731/
Yauvap731/
Yaubou731/
Yauber730/
Ayyouba6720/
Aiyouba6712/
Yaoubou6711/
Yeoubah673/
Yahoubi673/
Youbaha672/
Yahoube672/
Yououba671/
Youbahe671/
Yaoubie671/
Aâyouba671/
Ayyaubi671/
Ejiauba671/
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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 Yauba
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