Ghaos Surname
Approximately 567 people bear this surname
Ghaos Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 530 | 1:60,666 | 1,957 |
| Pakistan | 34 | 1:5,254,232 | 33,450 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
Ghaos (364) may also be a first name.
Ghaos Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ghaos Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ghaos (Hindi: घ़्ाोस) is borne by more people in Afghanistan than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ghaos? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ghaos is the 559,940th most frequently held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 12,852,815 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Ghaos reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 99 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 456,229th most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 364 people.
It is most commonly used in Afghanistan, where it is held by 530 people, or 1 in 60,666. In Afghanistan it is most prevalent in: Kabul, where 14 percent are found, Balkh, where 13 percent are found and Faryab, where 11 percent are found. Excluding Afghanistan Ghaos occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Pakistan, where 6 percent are found and India, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ghaos Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ghaos in the Hindi language | ||
| घ़्ाोस | ghaaosa | - |
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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 Ghaos
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