Ghew Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Ghew Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ghew Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419

Ghew (7) may also be a first name.

Ghew Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ghew (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻛﻮ) has its highest incidence in India. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ghew? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 8,193,072nd most commonly held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 60 percent of Ghew live; 40 percent live in South Asia and 20 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Ghew is also the 4,548,448th most commonly held forename on earth, held by 7 people.

The surname Ghew is most commonly held in India, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 767,065,382. In India it is most frequent in: West Bengal, where 100 percent live. Barring India this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 20 percent live and Malaysia, where 20 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gheew8923/
Ghewh892/
Ghewe892/
Nghew891/
Gehew890/
Gew8681/
Gaheew8037/
Gheesw804/
Ghechw801/
Gewe75986/
Geew7528/
Guew7517/
Gews7513/
Ghiw753/
Giew752/
Ghev752/
Kgew751/
Gewf751/
Gewh751/
Gjhw751/
Ghjw751/
Ggew751/
Gewp751/
Gewz751/
Gehw751/
Gheif6742/
Gheib6715/
Geewe677/
Ngeew677/
Giphe675/
Ngeyw674/
Ghiwe673/
Geesw672/
Giewe672/
Ghefe672/
Gheef671/
Ghiwh671/
Ggeew671/
Geehw671/
Gheft671/
Guewf671/
Guejw671/

Ghew Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ghew in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻛﻮakw-

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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 Ghew
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