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
Garwa (Tibetan: མགར་བ།) occurs in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Garwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Garwa is the 820,032nd most widespread family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 21,497,186 people. Garwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Garwa live; 49 percent live in West Africa and 36 percent live in Arabic North Africa. Garwa is also the 611,412th most common first name at a global level It is held by 218 people.
Garwa is most numerous in Egypt, where it is held by 122 people, or 1 in 753,572. Not including Egypt it occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 22 percent reside and Niger, where 16 percent reside.
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
- 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 Garwa
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