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Surname Maba (Mapa , Maba , Маба ) , around the world, is a common cognomen. The surname Maba is characteristic of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a common surname, Sri Lanka, and Philippines. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Philippines, and India. Much less frequently, Maba is the forename as well as the last name.