Garweg Surname

1,612,213th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 125 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Garweg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Garweg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1101:731,86855,248
Belgium81:1,437,08092,692
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Garweg Last Name Facts

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

Garweg is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Garweg.

How Common Is The Last Name Garweg? popularity and diffusion

The surname Garweg is the 1,612,213th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 58,300,367 people. The surname Garweg occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of Garweg live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 90 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Garweg is most frequently held in Germany, where it is held by 110 people, or 1 in 731,868. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 80 percent reside, Hesse, where 9 percent reside and Hamburg, where 6 percent reside. Beside Germany Garweg is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 6 percent reside and The United States, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Garzweig861/
Garwig83122/
Harweg833/
Gerweg831/
Harrweg7728/
Haarweg7713/
Garweik773/
Garvieg770/
Garveig770/
Orweg732/
Arwek731/
Arbeg731/
Arueg731/
Garveigh719/
Gerwig672,298/
Harwig67547/
Garbig6796/
Gorbeg6731/
Gerwek6716/
Harveg6716/
Arweck679/
Garbek679/
Garbec677/
Harbeg674/
Garvig673/
Arweke673/
Garvek672/
Arrueg671/
Aarwig670/
Gorwig670/
Gerueg670/
Harwek670/

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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 Garweg
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