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.

Yauba Surname Distribution Map

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

Yauba occurs most in Nigeria. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Yauba click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Yauba? popularity and diffusion

Yauba is the 229,521st most widespread family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 4,128,921 people. Yauba is mostly found 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 commonly occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 2,057 people.

It is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,707 people, or 1 in 103,774. In Nigeria Yauba is most common in: Adamawa, where 81 percent reside, Borno, where 7 percent reside and Zamfara, where 3 percent reside. Barring Nigeria it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 3 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

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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