Barw Surname

832,284th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 332 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Somalia
Highest density in:
Somalia

Barw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Barw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Somalia1961:68,6332,887
Pakistan1331:1,343,18715,322
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622

Barw (144) may also be a first name.

Barw Last Name Facts

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

The surname Barw is carried by more people in Somalia than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Barw? popularity and diffusion

Barw is the 832,284th most commonly used family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 21,950,440 people. The last name Barw occurs predominantly in Africa, where 59 percent of Barw reside; 59 percent reside in East Africa and 59 percent reside in Cushitic Africa. It is also the 769,375th most widespread first name in the world It is held by 144 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Somalia, where it is carried by 196 people, or 1 in 68,633. Barring Somalia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 40 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Barwe89416/
Bharw897/
Barws893/
Bearw892/
Barhw891/
Bahrw890/
Bharwe80245/
Bairwe805/
Bharwh801/
Bairws800/
Barb756,050/
Barf75228/
Barv7549/
Borw752/
Bairewe731/
Barfe671,098/
Barbh67865/
Barff67755/
Bearb67355/
Bahairwe6778/
Barfs6766/
Baheirwe6722/
Barzf6715/
Barft678/
Beerw677/
Barph675/
Baurb674/
Bairb674/
Barvå673/
Bharv673/
Bharf672/
Bharb672/
Barrf672/
Barfh671/
Borwe671/
Baarf671/
Barrv671/
Barvd671/
Basrf671/
Baarb671/
Barbë671/
Varrw671/

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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 Barw
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