Gharba Surname
Approximately 2,467 people bear this surname
Gharba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syria | 2,037 | 1:9,475 | 876 |
| Egypt | 275 | 1:334,312 | 21,412 |
| Iraq | 79 | 1:443,312 | 7,666 |
| Niger | 43 | 1:446,326 | 12,119 |
| Iran | 8 | 1:9,597,816 | 173,045 |
| Mauritania | 6 | 1:682,477 | 21,744 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Gharba (116) may also be a first name.
Gharba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gharba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Gharba (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺮﺏ, Marathi: घारबा) occurs more in Syria more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gharba? popularity and diffusion
Gharba is the 174,030th most widely held surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 2,954,011 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 86 percent of Gharba live; 86 percent live in West Asia and 86 percent live in Levant. Gharba is also the 868,627th most widely held first name globally, borne by 116 people.
The surname is most frequent in Syria, where it is held by 2,037 people, or 1 in 9,475. In Syria it is most common in: Rif Dimashq Governorate, where 100 percent live and Homs Governorate, where 0 percent live. Apart from Syria it is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 11 percent live and Iraq, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gharba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gharba in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺮﺏ | krb | - |
| Gharba in the Marathi language | ||
| घारबा | gharaba | - |
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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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- 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 Gharba
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