Family name يوبا (Juba 
, Yoba 
, يوبا 
) , around the world, is a common cognomen. The surname يوبا is characteristic of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a common surname, Cameroon, where it is quite a rare surname, and Algeria. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, and Algeria. Also, يوبا is the forename as well as the last name.