Where Does The Last Name Guards Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Guards (Arabic: حراس) is found in Iraq more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Guards? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 827,165^th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 21,753,868 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 93 percent of Guards are found; 89 percent are found in West Asia and 86 percent are found in Levant. It is also the 3,684,242^nd most common first name at a global level, held by 10 people.

The last name Guards is most commonly occurring in Iraq, where it is carried by 288 people, or 1 in 121,603. Not including Iraq this surname exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 2 percent reside and Pakistan, where 2 percent reside.

Guards Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Guards has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Guards last name decreased 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.