Karaw Surname
Approximately 381 people bear this surname
Karaw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 325 | 1:2,360,201 | 76,760 |
| Nepal | 29 | 1:982,102 | 5,978 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Karaw (707) may also be a first name.
Karaw Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karaw Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Karaw (Arabic: كارو, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺮﻭ, Hindi: कड़वा) occurs most in India. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Karaw.
How Common Is The Last Name Karaw? popularity and diffusion
It is the 752,779th most commonly used last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 19,127,417 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 95 percent of Karaw live; 93 percent live in South Asia and 93 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Karaw is also the 310,684th most widespread first name throughout the world. It is borne by 707 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in India, where it is borne by 325 people, or 1 in 2,360,201. In India Karaw is most frequent in: Madhya Pradesh, where 100 percent live. Excluding India this surname occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Nepal, where 8 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Karaw Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karaw in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺮﻭ | krw | - |
| Karaw in the Hindi language | ||
| कड़वा | karava | - |
| Karaw in the Arabic language | ||
| كارو | karw | - |
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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 Karaw
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