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 more frequently found in Somalia than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Barw? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 832,284th most numerous surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 21,950,440 people. This last name is mostly 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 frequently used first name on earth, borne by 144 people.

This last name is most frequent in Somalia, where it is carried by 196 people, or 1 in 68,633. Apart from Somalia it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 40 percent reside and India, where 1 percent reside.

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
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