Garewa Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Garewa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Garewa (86) may also be a first name.
Garewa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Garewa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Garewa has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Garewa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Garewa is the 3,957,383rd most common last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 68 percent of Garewa live; 64 percent live in West Africa and 44 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,032,266th most numerous given name throughout the world It is held by 86 people.
Garewa is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 16,103,887. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Zamfara, where 73 percent reside, Bayelsa, where 9 percent reside and Delta, where 9 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 28 percent reside and Niger, where 20 percent reside.
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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 Garewa
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