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Gharib Surname Meaning

Muslim:: from the personal name Gharīb based on Arabic gharīb ‘extraordinary; foreign’.

from the personal name Ghārib based on Arabic ghārib ‘traveler; stranger’.

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Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


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Between 1970 and 2003, in the United States, Gharib life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1994, and highest in 1996. The average life expectancy for Gharib in 1970 was 82, and 79 in 2003.

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