Barawas Surname

1,088,856th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 226 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Yemen
Highest density in:
Yemen

Barawas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Barawas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Yemen1431:184,7928,228
Indonesia591:2,241,512136,522
Malaysia81:3,686,778134,908
India61:127,844,230863,365
Qatar61:393,00055,922
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Barawas Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Barawas Come From? nationality or country of origin

Barawas is borne by more people in Yemen than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Barawas? popularity and diffusion

The last name Barawas is the 1,088,856th most widespread last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 32,245,778 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Barawas live; 67 percent live in West Asia and 67 percent live in Arabian Peninsula.

The last name is most frequently used in Yemen, where it is borne by 143 people, or 1 in 184,792. In Yemen Barawas is most numerous in: Hadramaut Governorate, where 96 percent are found, Sana'a Governorate, where 3 percent are found and Aden Governorate, where 1 percent are found. Aside from Yemen this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 26 percent are found and Malaysia, where 4 percent are found.

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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 Barawas
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