Yobba Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Yobba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yobba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania111:372,26015,230
Papua New Guinea61:1,358,953118,663
Niger11:19,192,017110,060

Yobba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Yobba (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻳﺐ, Russian: Ёбба) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yobba? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,649,889th most frequently occurring surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name Yobba occurs predominantly in Africa, where 67 percent of Yobba live; 67 percent live in West Africa and 61 percent live in Senegambia Africa.

This surname is most commonly held in Mauritania, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 372,260. In Mauritania it is primarily found in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 100 percent live. Not including Mauritania it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 33 percent live and Niger, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yobbah9110/
Ybba8917/
Yobwa80507/
Yibba80382/
Yobbi80349/
Yabba80290/
Jobba8094/
Yobbe8034/
Yobby8012/
Eybba806/
Yobua803/
Iobba802/
Yowba802/
Yobbo802/
Oibba801/
Gaybba73206/
Joubba73205/
Yotbua73202/
Yowbah7325/
Yobbie7318/
Yibbha7312/
Yoobua7311/
Yabbai736/
Giobba734/
Yabbaz731/
Yobbhe731/
Yabbay731/
Yibbah731/
Yabbau731/
Yibbaa731/
Jobbad731/
Yobber730/
Ibba6713,631/
Ebba673,088/
Jbba673/
Yobuhay671/
Yobouha671/
Haybbat671/
Yaabbas671/

Yobba Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Yobba in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻳﺐyb75
ﻳﺒﻪybh25
Yobba in the Russian language
Ёббаebba-

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Yobba
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