Family name ヤバ (Yaba 
, ヤバ ) , all around the world, is a common last name. The family name ヤバ is characteristic of Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a common surname, Gabon, where it is quite a rare surname, and Ivory Coast. In absolute terms, the name is most common in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Japan, and Philippines. Very seldom, ヤバ is the forename as well as the last name.