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 held by more people in Syria than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gharab? popularity and diffusion
It is the 86,789th most widely held family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,313,545 people. The surname Gharab is mostly found 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 first name at a global level. It is borne by 181 people.
The surname is most common in Syria, where it is carried by 1,623 people, or 1 in 11,892. In Syria Gharab is mostly concentrated in: Rif Dimashq Governorate, where 54 percent are found, Aleppo Governorate, where 23 percent are found and Deir ez-Zor Governorate, where 20 percent are found. Beside Syria it occurs in 18 countries. It also occurs in Iraq, where 20 percent are found and Yemen, where 19 percent are found.
Gharab Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally 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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