Garwey Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Garwey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Garwey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Garwey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Garwey is most common in Liberia. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Garwey? popularity and diffusion
The surname Garwey is the 8,193,072nd most widespread surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Garwey is primarily found in Africa, where 60 percent of Garwey are found; 60 percent are found in West Africa and 40 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Liberia, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 2,204,268. In Liberia it is most frequent in: Bomi County, where 50 percent live and Montserrado County, where 50 percent live. Apart from Liberia this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 20 percent live and Ghana, where 20 percent live.
Garwey Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Garwey has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Garwey surname declined 87 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Garwey
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