Gharab Surname
Approximately 5,548 people bear this surname
Gharab Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syria | 1,623 | 1:11,892 | 1,003 |
| Iraq | 1,106 | 1:31,665 | 1,498 |
| Yemen | 1,078 | 1:24,513 | 2,464 |
| Iran | 618 | 1:124,244 | 11,488 |
| Jordan | 379 | 1:23,331 | 3,268 |
| Lebanon | 294 | 1:19,174 | 2,371 |
| United Arab Emirates | 156 | 1:58,733 | 5,781 |
| Palestine | 144 | 1:31,589 | 4,117 |
| Afghanistan | 124 | 1:259,300 | 4,337 |
| Tunisia | 11 | 1:55,511 | 7,191 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Gharab (181) may also be a first name.
Gharab Demographics
Gharab Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Gharab Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gharab Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gharab is borne by more people in Syria than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gharab? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 86,789th most frequently held family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 1,313,545 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Gharab live; 86 percent live in West Asia and 64 percent live in Levant. It is also the 677,199th most prevalent given name at a global level. It is borne by 181 people.
The surname is most numerous in Syria, where it is borne by 1,623 people, or 1 in 11,892. In Syria Gharab is most numerous in: Rif Dimashq Governorate, where 54 percent live, Aleppo Governorate, where 23 percent live and Deir ez-Zor Governorate, where 20 percent live. Apart from Syria this last name occurs in 18 countries. It also occurs in Iraq, where 20 percent live and Yemen, where 19 percent live.
Gharab Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Gharab last name is predominantly Sunni (94%) in Lebanon.
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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 Gharab
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