Kar Yee Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Kar Yee Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
Kar Yee Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kar Yee Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kar Yee is borne by more people in Singapore than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kar Yee? popularity and diffusion
Kar Yee is the 4,908,606th most widespread surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. Kar Yee occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Kar Yee are found; 100 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 81 percent are found in Sinio-Southeast Asia.
The surname is most common in Singapore, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 423,669. Without taking into account Singapore it occurs in one country. It is also common in Malaysia, where 19 percent reside.
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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
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