Careful Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Oman

Careful Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Careful Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:6,964,757184,742
India61:127,844,230863,365
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
China21:683,660,78330,601
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:2,708,37473,770
Isle of Man11:54,2692,077

Careful (104) may also be a first name.

Careful Last Name Facts

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

The surname Careful is found in England more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Careful? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,602,217th most widely held family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. The surname Careful is mostly found in Asia, where 43 percent of Careful reside; 27 percent reside in Northern Europe and 27 percent reside in British Isles. It is also the 925,156th most frequent forename worldwide. It is borne by 104 people.

Careful is most commonly used in England, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 6,964,757. In England it is mostly concentrated in: Staffordshire, where 100 percent are found. Apart from England Careful is found in 12 countries. It is also found in India, where 20 percent are found and The United States, where 13 percent are found.

Careful Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Careful has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Careful surname contracted 11 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Carefull9338/
Carrefull881/
Sareful8614/
Jareful861/
Jareeful801/
Sareeful801/
Sariful711,525/
Jariful7148/
Zariful715/
Karaful711/
Soreful711/
Sahriful677/
Saariful671/
Zarifulova594/
Soriful571,096/
Joriful571/
Zarifullova565/
Karaphul533/
Sariphul533/
Jariphul531/
Kharaphul501/
Kariphull501/

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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 Careful
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