Karabwe Surname
Approximately 242 people bear this surname
Karabwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 217 | 1:243,971 | 19,796 |
| Zimbabwe | 24 | 1:643,260 | 47,966 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Karabwe (15) may also be a first name.
Karabwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karabwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Karabwe is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Karabwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,038,570th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 30,113,826 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Karabwe live; 90 percent live in East Africa and 90 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequently occurring first name in the world, held by 15 people.
The last name is most common in Tanzania, where it is carried by 217 people, or 1 in 243,971. In Tanzania Karabwe is most frequent in: Kigoma Region, where 97 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 2 percent are found and Katavi Region, where 0 percent are found. Outside of Tanzania it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 10 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karabwije | 88 | 2 | / |
| Karebwe | 86 | 7 | / |
| Karabwa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Karobwa | 71 | 10 | / |
| Kerebwe | 71 | 9 | / |
| Karapue | 71 | 6 | / |
| Karabui | 71 | 3 | / |
| Korabbe | 71 | 2 | / |
| Carabbe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Karabuha | 67 | 30 | / |
| Kereebwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Karabuay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kharabuha | 63 | 119 | / |
| Kaharabui | 63 | 1 | / |
| Kerabui | 57 | 3 | / |
| Carabbi | 57 | 3 | / |
| Karopwa | 57 | 1 | / |
| Carobbe | 57 | 1 | / |
| Carrobw | 57 | 1 | / |
| Korobbe | 57 | 1 | / |
| Korebwi | 57 | 1 | / |
| Karobui | 57 | 1 | / |
| Carabbay | 53 | 85 | / |
| Koroboue | 53 | 2 | / |
| Karampui | 53 | 1 | / |
| Carapues | 53 | 1 | / |
| Carrabbi | 53 | 0 | / |
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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 Karabwe
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