Garak Surname
Approximately 614 people bear this surname
Garak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 342 | 1:224,510 | 17,544 |
| India | 102 | 1:7,520,249 | 162,050 |
| Indonesia | 50 | 1:2,644,984 | 153,918 |
| Malaysia | 48 | 1:614,463 | 29,648 |
| Russia | 25 | 1:5,764,922 | 242,644 |
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| Cameroon | 15 | 1:1,384,605 | 80,726 |
| Belarus | 5 | 1:1,900,212 | 97,012 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Garak (223) may also be a first name.
Garak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Garak Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Garak (Hindi: गर्ाक, Marathi: गरक, Oriya: ଗରକ, Russian: Гарак) is held by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Garak click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Garak? popularity and diffusion
It is the 527,543rd most frequently occurring family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 11,868,967 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 91 percent of Garak are found; 73 percent are found in South Asia and 56 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 603,623rd most common first name on earth, borne by 223 people.
The last name Garak is most frequently used in Iran, where it is borne by 342 people, or 1 in 224,510. In Iran Garak is most prevalent in: Khuzestan Province, where 28 percent live, Golestan Province, where 19 percent live and Tehran Province, where 15 percent live. Excluding Iran this surname occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in India, where 17 percent live and Indonesia, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Garak Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Garak in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗରକ | garaka | 87.8 |
| ଗରାକ | garaka | 7.32 |
| େଗାରଖ | egarakha | 2.44 |
| ଗାରକ | garaka | 2.44 |
| Garak in the Hindi language | ||
| गर्ाक | garaka | 83.33 |
| गरक | garaka | 16.67 |
| Garak in the Marathi language | ||
| गरक | garaka | 44.44 |
| गारक | garaka | 22.22 |
| गरड | garada | 22.22 |
| गेारक | gearaka | 11.11 |
| Garak in the Russian language | ||
| Гарак | garak | - |
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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 Garak
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