Garkouwa Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Garkouwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 38 | 1:505,053 | 13,208 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Garkouwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Garkouwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Garkouwa is carried by more people in Niger than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Garkouwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Garkouwa is the 3,141,416th most frequent family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Garkouwa live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Chadic Africa.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Niger, where it is borne by 38 people, or 1 in 505,053. In Niger it is most prevalent in: Dosso Region, where 76 percent live, Tillabéri Region, where 16 percent live and Maradi Region, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account Niger this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Benin, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garkuwa | 93 | 3,560 | / |
| Garkowa | 93 | 7 | / |
| Garkuwwa | 88 | 1 | / |
| Garkowaj | 88 | 1 | / |
| Garkoiwa | 88 | 1 | / |
| Garkova | 80 | 932 | / |
| Gorkowa | 80 | 12 | / |
| Garkawa | 80 | 10 | / |
| Garcuwa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Garkuwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Garkowoj | 75 | 6 | / |
| Garkawad | 75 | 4 | / |
| Garcuwah | 75 | 1 | / |
| Garkawou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Garkhova | 75 | 1 | / |
| Garkovaya | 71 | 12 | / |
| Gharkawou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Gorkova | 67 | 2,494 | / |
| Garkavy | 67 | 226 | / |
| Garkavi | 67 | 78 | / |
| Garkava | 67 | 30 | / |
| Garkawe | 67 | 13 | / |
| Garkaby | 67 | 1 | / |
| Górkowy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gorkowy | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Garkouwa
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