Carious Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Israel

Carious Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Carious Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales61:261,4039,165

Carious (14) may also be a first name.

Carious Last Name Facts

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

The last name Carious is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Carious? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,360,413th most widely held last name in the world, held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 78 percent of Carious live; 78 percent live in West Africa and 78 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Carious is also the 3,024,661st most commonly used first name on earth, borne by 14 people.

The last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria Carious is primarily concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Greece, where 11 percent are found and Israel, where 11 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Carrious931/
Carius924,078/
Carrius8640/
Cargius8621/
Karious862/
Careous861/
Caraios861/
Carieus860/
Careius860/
Karius771,697/
Cariuz7731/
Careos7726/
Cariús775/
Carjos772/
Carjus772/
Qarius771/
Corius770/
Carehouse752/
Carreos71204/
Corrius7180/
Kariusz7118/
Kharius718/
Qariouz715/
Quarius713/
Carajos711/
Carayos711/
Karaios711/
Kariouz711/
Kearius711/
Corroios6728/
Correios674/
Carehaus671/
Carrejos671/
Qaryoush671/
Kaireios671/
Kareoush671/
Corrijos671/

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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 Carious
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