Garawa Surname
Approximately 489 people bear this surname
Garawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 199 | 1:104,367 | 12,272 |
| Papua New Guinea | 106 | 1:76,922 | 10,108 |
| Zimbabwe | 65 | 1:237,511 | 26,018 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Nigeria | 34 | 1:5,210,081 | 134,475 |
| Niger | 30 | 1:639,734 | 15,675 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Garawa (46) may also be a first name.
Garawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Garawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Garawa (Oriya: ଚାରୱା) occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Garawa? popularity and diffusion
Garawa is the 626,382nd most commonly held last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 14,902,957 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 77 percent of Garawa live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 36 percent live in Chadic Africa. Garawa is also the 1,484,914th most frequent forename world-wide. It is borne by 46 people.
The surname Garawa is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is held by 199 people, or 1 in 104,367. In Cameroon it is most common in: Far North Region, where 72 percent live, North Region, where 18 percent live and Centre Region, where 8 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 22 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Garawa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Garawa in the Oriya language | ||
| ଚାରୱା | carawa | 50 |
| ଗାରୱା | garawa | 50 |
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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 Garawa
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