Garkuwa Surname

127,437th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,560 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Garkuwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Garkuwa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3,5501:49,8993,825
England61:9,286,343223,652
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Garkuwa (1,853) may also be a first name.

Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Nigeria

Garkuwa Demographics

Garkuwa Religious Adherence
in Nigeria

Sample size: 208 (2012)

Religious Adherence
in Nigeria

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Garkuwa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Garkuwa Come From? nationality or country of origin

Garkuwa occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Garkuwa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 127,437th most frequent last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 2,047,063 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Garkuwa are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Garkuwa is also the 177,004th most frequently held first name at a global level, held by 1,853 people.

Garkuwa is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 3,550 people, or 1 in 49,899. In Nigeria Garkuwa is mostly found in: Bauchi, where 22 percent live, Kaduna, where 10 percent live and Taraba, where 9 percent live. Besides Nigeria it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Garkuwa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly Muslim (78%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Garkouwa9339/
Garkuwwa931/
Gerkuwa861/
Garkuwe861/
Garcuwa861/
Garcuwah801/
Garkowaj801/
Garkowoj676/
Garcueva673/
Gorkowy571/
Górkowy571/
Gorkoeva533/
Gorkowoj532/
Gorkhieva501/
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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 Garkuwa
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