Suba

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Suba pl (plural only)

1. An indigenous people of Kenya.

Suba

1. The Bantu language of this people.

Various origins:

• Borrowed from either Hungarian Suba or Czech Šuba.
• Borrowed from Cebuano Suba, from suba (“river”).

Suba (plural Subas)

1. A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Suba is the 36585^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 611 individuals. Suba is most common among White (55.32%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (36.17%) individuals.

• Ethnologue entry for Suba, suh ⁠
• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Suba”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

• ABUs, Basu, Busa

From suba.

Suba

1. a surname from Cebuano

Ultimately from suba.

Suba

1. A barangay of Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines
2. a barangay in Samboan, Cebu

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