Garwou Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Garwou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Garwou (6) may also be a first name.
Garwou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Garwou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Garwou is more frequently found in Liberia than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Garwou.
How Common Is The Last Name Garwou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Garwou is the 7,593,402nd most frequent last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname Garwou is mostly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Garwou live; 83 percent live in West Africa and 83 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. Garwou is also the 4,967,096th most frequently held first name in the world, borne by 6 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Liberia, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 881,707. In Liberia it is most numerous in: Lofa County, where 100 percent live. Outside of Liberia Garwou occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 17 percent live.
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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 Garwou
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