Caraw Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Liberia

Caraw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Caraw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines101:10,123,822213,993
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Caraw (10) may also be a first name.

Caraw Last Name Facts

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

The surname Caraw is found in The Philippines more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Caraw? popularity and diffusion

The last name Caraw is the 5,391,485th most widespread last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name Caraw is mostly found in Asia, where 77 percent of Caraw are found; 77 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 77 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. Caraw is also the 3,684,242nd most widely held first name at a global level. It is borne by 10 people.

The last name is most frequent in The Philippines, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 10,123,822. In The Philippines it is mostly found in: Calabarzon, where 90 percent live and Central Visayas, where 10 percent live. Outside of The Philippines this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 15 percent live and Liberia, where 8 percent live.

Caraw Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Caraw has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Caraw surname fell 33 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Carawe9176/
Charaw9155/
Cgaraw911/
Carraw911/
Chareaw831/
Carab803,787/
Carow801,146/
Carav80511/
Karaw80381/
Zaraw806/
Caraf801/
Coraw800/
Caravowa771/
Charaf7316,293/
Carrow732,430/
Charab73610/
Karawe73174/
Charow73164/
Catrow73159/
Karauw7380/
Charów7329/
Zahraw7321/
Carzow7320/
Kauraw7313/
Czarow7311/
Carrab739/
Charav738/
Carova736/
Caraab734/
Caraif734/
Kairaw733/
Kharaw732/
Choraw732/
Karaaw732/
Kareaw732/
Carows731/
Qarawe731/
Carauv731/
Corgaw731/
Caurav731/
Caraft731/
Zauraw731/
Cairow730/
Cargow730/
Ciarow730/
Casrow730/
Careyw730/
Carauf730/
Couraw730/
Caroow730/
Charova67680/
Charraf67521/
Charrab67345/
Charabh67265/
Charrow6767/
Charafe6765/
Chairab6733/
Charaff6716/
Kaurawe677/
Caarova674/
Chsarav673/
Khairaw673/
Charaif673/
Chaaraf672/
Zaharaw671/
Zaireaw671/
Kharawe671/
Carrows671/
Chargow671/
Karajwe671/
Caraffe671/
Cargova671/
Charaiv671/
Charaph671/
Cauraph671/
Carrova671/
Carowtt670/

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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 Caraw
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