Guerew Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Senegal
Highest density in:
Senegal

Guerew Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Guerew Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Senegal211:694,2542,585
France11:66,422,722504,397
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869

Guerew Last Name Facts

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

The last name Guerew (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺮﻭ) is borne by more people in Senegal than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Guerew? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,034,050th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Guerew live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Senegambia Africa.

This last name is most numerous in Senegal, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 694,254. In Senegal it is mostly concentrated in: Tambacounda Region, where 76 percent reside, Dakar Region, where 14 percent reside and Kolda Region, where 5 percent reside. Beside Senegal this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in France, where 4 percent reside and Mali, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gerew91148/
Gereuw8343/
Gueriw834/
Gherew831/
Gerev731,956/
Gereb73575/
Geref7333/
Girew734/
Geriw730/
Gereev671,279/
Guerif67832/
Geriev67249/
Gergef67129/
Gereva6755/
Gergev6755/
Gjreew6712/
Ghereb678/
Gerzev671/
Gerreb671/
Gereab671/
Geeryw670/
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Guerew Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Guerew in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻛﺮﻭkrw-

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Guerew
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