Barawa Surname
Approximately 2,186 people bear this surname
Barawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,125 | 1:41,049 | 4,302 |
| India | 864 | 1:887,807 | 38,700 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100 | 1:81,537 | 10,792 |
| Philippines | 27 | 1:3,749,564 | 153,425 |
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Indonesia | 17 | 1:7,779,364 | 314,803 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Somalia | 9 | 1:1,494,673 | 3,608 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Barawa (331) may also be a first name.
Barawa Demographics
Barawa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Barawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Barawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Barawa (Marathi: बारवा, Oriya: ବାରୱା) occurs more in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Barawa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 192,601st most commonly occurring family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 3,333,736 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 54 percent of Barawa live; 52 percent live in East Africa and 51 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Barawa is also the 481,336th most commonly held forename on earth, borne by 331 people.
The last name is most common in Kenya, where it is carried by 1,125 people, or 1 in 41,049. In Kenya Barawa is most common in: Kilifi County, where 72 percent reside, Mombasa County, where 26 percent reside and Taita Taveta County, where 1 percent reside. Barring Kenya it occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in India, where 40 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent reside.
Barawa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Christian (85%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Barawa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Barawa in the Oriya language | ||
| ବାରୱା | barawa | 91.1 |
| ବରୱା | barawa | 4.45 |
| ବାରଓା | baraoa | 1.07 |
| ଓରାମ | orama | 1.07 |
| ଯଶମନ | yasamana | 0.18 |
| ବାରୁୱା | baruwa | 0.18 |
| ପକାଶ | pakasa | 0.18 |
| ମୁବାରୱା | mubarawa | 0.18 |
| ବାରୁଆ | baru'a | 0.18 |
| ଲାକଡା | lakada | 0.18 |
| ବୁବାରୱା | bubarawa | 0.18 |
| ରାଖାଲ | rakhala | 0.18 |
| Barawa in the Marathi language | ||
| बारवा | barava | 60 |
| बरवा | barava | 40 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Barawa
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