Garwen Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Garwen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Garwen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Garwen (12) may also be a first name.

Garwen Last Name Facts

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

Garwen is found most frequently in Australia. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Garwen click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Garwen? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 8,193,072nd most frequently used family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 60 percent of Garwen are found; 40 percent are found in West Africa and 20 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently held first name internationally, held by 12 people.

The last name Garwen is most frequently used in Australia, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 26,995,701. In Australia Garwen is primarily concentrated in: New South Wales, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Australia this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 20 percent live and Nigeria, where 20 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Garweyn921/
Garweyne863/
Gaurwein860/
Garben83399/
Gerwen83234/
Garwin83132/
Garuen8311/
Gaerwn831/
Garrwn831/
Gerwien77970/
Gerwenn77181/
Garbn733/
Gorwn731/
Gerwn731/
Garvn730/
Garwayne711/
Gehrwien711/
Gairwynd711/
Garbin6714,347/
Gerwin671,698/
Gorwin6741/
Gorwyn6727/
Garbén6713/
Garuin679/
Garbín677/
Gorben673/
Garbyn671/
Görben671/
Gorwnn670/
Garvne670/
Gharbin621,126/
Gerwinn6252/
Gierwin621/
Gerruen621/
Gaarbin621/
Gherwin620/
Gierruen571/
Gorvn551/
Gorbin50175/
Geruin502/
Garuim501/
Gorbyn501/

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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 Garwen
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