Gharabawi Surname

72,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,763 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Gharabawi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gharabawi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt6,5591:14,0171,670
Saudi Arabia1991:155,05422,057
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187

Gharabawi (217) may also be a first name.

Gharabawi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gharabawi Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Gharabawi (Arabic: الغرباوي) is carried by more people in Egypt than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Gharabawi.

How Common Is The Last Name Gharabawi? popularity and diffusion

The surname Gharabawi is the 72,861st most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 1,077,561 people. Gharabawi is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Gharabawi live; 97 percent live in North Africa and 97 percent live in Arabic North Africa. Gharabawi is also the 612,983rd most commonly occurring given name in the world, held by 217 people.

The surname Gharabawi is most frequently occurring in Egypt, where it is held by 6,559 people, or 1 in 14,017. Besides Egypt this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Saudi Arabia, where 3 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Garabawi944/
Gharabawy891,366/
Gharabavi8911/
Gharababi891/
Garabawy824/
Garabawa821/
Gharababe7810/
Garabahwa7810/
Garabhavi781/
Garavabhai741/
Garobawa711/
Garavabui671/
Goravabai671/
Gharavahave601/
Garowawe596/
Gorabave591/
Gosravavi561/
Gorabovich531/

Gharabawi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gharabawi in the Arabic language
الغرباويalghrbawy-

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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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  • 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 Gharabawi
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