Guraw Surname
Approximately 345 people bear this surname
Guraw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somalia | 245 | 1:54,906 | 2,420 |
| India | 93 | 1:8,248,015 | 171,602 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Guraw (166) may also be a first name.
Guraw Demographics
Guraw Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Guraw Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Guraw Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Guraw (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻛﺮﺍﻭ, Marathi: गुरव) is carried by more people in Somalia than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Guraw? popularity and diffusion
The surname Guraw is the 809,613th most frequently occurring surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 21,123,321 people. The last name Guraw occurs predominantly in Africa, where 73 percent of Guraw are found; 73 percent are found in East Africa and 72 percent are found in Cushitic Africa. It is also the 710,504th most widely held forename worldwide It is held by 166 people.
It is most prevalent in Somalia, where it is borne by 245 people, or 1 in 54,906. Barring Somalia this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 27 percent reside and Kenya, where 2 percent reside.
Guraw Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Guraw last name is principally Muslim (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gauraw | 91 | 133 | / |
| Gouraw | 91 | 14 | / |
| Ghuraw | 91 | 7 | / |
| Nguraw | 91 | 1 | / |
| Gurav | 80 | 185,656 | / |
| Gurow | 80 | 532 | / |
| Gurab | 80 | 202 | / |
| Goraw | 80 | 27 | / |
| Guraf | 80 | 5 | / |
| Giraw | 80 | 2 | / |
| Gaurav | 73 | 24,149 | / |
| Gurova | 73 | 16,595 | / |
| Gourav | 73 | 2,662 | / |
| Ghurab | 73 | 2,059 | / |
| Gourab | 73 | 853 | / |
| Gaurab | 73 | 514 | / |
| Ghiraw | 73 | 353 | / |
| Gauraf | 73 | 28 | / |
| Gureuw | 73 | 27 | / |
| Ghurav | 73 | 24 | / |
| Gurowa | 73 | 7 | / |
| Guraub | 73 | 7 | / |
| Guraib | 73 | 6 | / |
| Gurrav | 73 | 6 | / |
| Gurabh | 73 | 6 | / |
| Gurraf | 73 | 4 | / |
| Gurrow | 73 | 3 | / |
| Gaurow | 73 | 2 | / |
| Gouraf | 73 | 2 | / |
| Guurav | 73 | 2 | / |
| Gurrab | 73 | 2 | / |
| Gureav | 73 | 2 | / |
| Gurhav | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ngurav | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gooraw | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gutrav | 73 | 1 | / |
| Girauw | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gurafe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gurzow | 73 | 0 | / |
| Gorhaw | 73 | 0 | / |
| Gutrow | 73 | 0 | / |
| Gourow | 73 | 0 | / |
| Ghourab | 67 | 1,384 | / |
| Gaurabh | 67 | 134 | / |
| Ghuraib | 67 | 122 | / |
| Gurgova | 67 | 121 | / |
| Guthrow | 67 | 48 | / |
| Gourabh | 67 | 18 | / |
| Gourova | 67 | 11 | / |
| Gaurova | 67 | 10 | / |
| Gauraph | 67 | 6 | / |
| Gaurauv | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ghouraf | 67 | 3 | / |
| Gourrab | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gautrav | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gurowth | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ggourav | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ghirauw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gauravh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gauravz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gaurgav | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ghurayb | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nngurav | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gurrabh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ghurabh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ghourav | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gourgow | 67 | 0 | / |
Guraw Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Guraw in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻛﺮﺍﻭ | akraw | - |
| Guraw in the Marathi language | ||
| गुरव | gurava | 98.55 |
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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 Guraw
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