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 has its highest incidence in Somalia. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Barw? popularity and diffusion

The last name Barw is the 832,284th most prevalent last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 21,950,440 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 59 percent of Barw live; 59 percent live in East Africa and 59 percent live in Cushitic Africa. Barw is also the 769,375th most numerous first name throughout the world It is held by 144 people.

Barw is most widespread in Somalia, where it is borne by 196 people, or 1 in 68,633. Other than Somalia this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 40 percent are found and India, where 1 percent are found.

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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis