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

Careful is more frequently found in England than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Careful? popularity and diffusion

The last name Careful is the 3,602,217th most frequent last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. It occurs mostly 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 frequently held first name globally, held by 104 people.

The surname is most prevalent in England, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 6,964,757. In England it is mostly found in: Staffordshire, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account England it is found in 12 countries. It is also common in India, where 20 percent reside and The United States, where 13 percent reside.

Careful Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Careful has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Careful last name fell 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
  • 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 Careful
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