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Where Does The Last Name Garva Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The surname Garva (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺮﻓﻪ, Hindi: गर्वा, Marathi: गरवा) occurs most in Nigeria. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Garva? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name is the 350,471^st most widely held last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 7,000,524 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of Garva reside; 74 percent reside in West Africa and 73 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 657,437^th most widespread first name world-wide, borne by 191 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 759 people, or 1 in 233,390. In Nigeria Garva is most frequent in: Borno, where 98 percent are found, Sokoto, where 2 percent are found and Edo, where 0 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this surname occurs in 19 countries. It also occurs in India, where 16 percent are found and The United States, where 7 percent are found.

Garva Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The occurrence of Garva has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Garva last name expanded 1,400 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Garva Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Muslim (86%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those bearing the Garva last name are 23.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 70% registered with the political party.

The amount Garva earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Colombia they earn 20.82% less than the national average, earning $17,976,900 COP per year and in United States they earn 32.28% less than the national average, earning $29,219 USD per year.