In the world, Yaba (Yaba 
, Ayaba 
, ヤバ ) is quite a common gender-neutral first name. The first name Yaba is characteristic of Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Cameroon, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name, Senegal, where it is quite a rare boy's name, and Ethiopia, where it is quite a rare girly name. In absolute terms, this name is the most popular in India, Nigeria, and Ethiopia. Likewise, Yaba is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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| Yaba | Japan, Ethiopia, Nigeria, India, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Ayaba | Japan, Ethiopia, Nigeria, India, Cameroon |
| ヤバ | Japan |
| Яба | Ukraine |
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yaba badoe Ghanaian-British documentary filmmaker, journalist and author, GH (b. 1955) |
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| yaba blay professor, producer and publisher (b. 1974) |
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| yaba pedro alberto politician in Angola |
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