Guards Surname
Approximately 335 people bear this surname
Guards Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 288 | 1:121,603 | 3,411 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Yemen | 6 | 1:4,404,216 | 18,907 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
Guards (10) may also be a first name.
Guards Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Guards Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Guards (Arabic: حراس) occurs in Iraq more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Guards click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Guards? popularity and diffusion
Guards is the 827,165th most commonly held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 21,753,868 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 93 percent of Guards are found; 89 percent are found in West Asia and 86 percent are found in Levant. Guards is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly used first name in the world It is held by 10 people.
It is most widely held in Iraq, where it is borne by 288 people, or 1 in 121,603. Excluding Iraq Guards exists in 15 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 2 percent are found and Pakistan, where 2 percent are found.
Guards Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Guards has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Guards Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Guards in the Arabic language | ||
| حراس | hras | - |
| حراسا | hrasa | - |
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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 Guards
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