Carolissen Surname

217,601st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,884 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Carolissen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Carolissen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,8321:29,5733,801
England201:2,785,90397,972
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
New Zealand41:1,132,08147,619
Namibia31:803,13415,170
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Carolissen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Carolissen is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Carolissen? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 217,601st most frequently held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 3,868,124 people. The last name Carolissen is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Carolissen are found; 97 percent are found in Southern Africa and 97 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most common in South Africa, where it is held by 1,832 people, or 1 in 29,573. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Western Cape, where 91 percent are found, Gauteng, where 5 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 1 percent are found. Beside South Africa this last name is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.

Carolissen Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Carolissen earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 10.05% less than the national average, earning R 213,756 per year and in Canada they earn 20.33% less than the national average, earning $39,582 CAD per year.

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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 Carolissen
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