Garwa Surname
Approximately 339 people bear this surname
Garwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Nigeria | 73 | 1:2,426,613 | 80,686 |
| Niger | 53 | 1:362,114 | 10,354 |
| Cameroon | 39 | 1:532,540 | 42,124 |
| Indonesia | 24 | 1:5,510,383 | 253,014 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Garwa (218) may also be a first name.
Garwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Garwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Garwa (Tibetan: མགར་བ།) occurs more in Egypt more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Garwa.
How Common Is The Last Name Garwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Garwa is the 820,032nd most frequent family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 21,497,186 people. The last name Garwa is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Garwa live; 49 percent live in West Africa and 36 percent live in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 611,412th most numerous first name internationally, borne by 218 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Egypt, where it is borne by 122 people, or 1 in 753,572. Excluding Egypt this surname exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 22 percent are found and Niger, where 16 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Garwa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Garwa in the Tibetan language | ||
| མགར་བ། | garwa | 50 |
| དགར་བ། | garwa | 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
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- 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 Garwa
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