Karav Surname
Approximately 2,777 people bear this surname
Karav Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 2,088 | 1:367,368 | 19,842 |
| Turkey | 675 | 1:115,291 | 9,700 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Karav (312) may also be a first name.
Karav Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karav Come From? nationality or country of origin
Karav (Arabic: كراف, Hindi: करव, Marathi: करव, Russian: Карав) is found in India more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Karav.
How Common Is The Last Name Karav? popularity and diffusion
It is the 157,494th most widespread surname globally, held by around 1 in 2,624,251 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 94 percent of Karav reside; 75 percent reside in South Asia and 75 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 497,456th most frequently held forename globally It is held by 312 people.
The last name Karav is most prevalent in India, where it is carried by 2,088 people, or 1 in 367,368. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Gujarat, where 72 percent are found, Karnataka, where 22 percent are found and Maharashtra, where 5 percent are found. Besides India it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Turkey, where 24 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Karav Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karav in the Marathi language | ||
| करव | karava | 89.14 |
| कराव | karava | 6.86 |
| कारव | karava | 2.29 |
| Karav in the Hindi language | ||
| करव | karava | 57.14 |
| कारव | karava | 28.57 |
| कराव | karava | 14.29 |
| Karav in the Russian language | ||
| Карав | karav | - |
| Karav in the Arabic language | ||
| كراف | kraf | - |
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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 Karav
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