Ghawth Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Ghawth Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ghawth Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania31:1,364,95427,355
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ghawth Last Name Facts

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

Ghawth (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻐﻮﺙ) is found in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Ghawth.

How Common Is The Last Name Ghawth? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ghawth is the 7,117,718th most common last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 57 percent of Ghawth live; 43 percent live in West Africa and 43 percent live in Senegambia Africa.

The last name Ghawth is most frequently held in Mauritania, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 1,364,954. In Mauritania Ghawth is most common in: Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 33 percent reside, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 33 percent reside and Tagant Region, where 33 percent reside. Aside from Mauritania this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Lebanon, where 14 percent reside and Malaysia, where 14 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gawth911/
Ghawte8382/
Gawthe8341/
Ghowth837/
Ghaywt831/
Ghawdh831/
Ghaw8059/
Gawt804/
Ghowthe771/
Gawte7378/
Ghabh7331/
Ghavt7310/
Gowth738/
Ghaph736/
Nghaw732/
Gawdt732/
Ghawz731/
Ghawd731/
Gafth731/
Ghahb731/
Ghahv731/
Gahaw731/
Gaw675,623/
Ghavte67231/
Gavthe6718/
Gahaph6710/
Ghawss677/
Ghowdh676/
Gowthe675/
Ghoswh673/
Gauwtz673/
Ghowch672/
Gaawte671/
Ghahav671/
Ghayvt671/
Ghahfe671/
Ghashv671/
Ghafsh671/
Geehaw670/

Ghawth Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ghawth in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻐﻮﺙalghwth-

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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 Ghawth
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