Karawai Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Karawai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 20 | 1:1,038,453 | 65,513 |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Karawai (39) may also be a first name.
Karawai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karawai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Karawai is found most in Cameroon. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karawai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,661,929th most frequently used last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. Karawai is mostly found in Africa, where 66 percent of Karawai live; 57 percent live in West Africa and 38 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 1,637,361st most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 39 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 1,038,453. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Far North Region, where 100 percent are found. Besides Cameroon it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 32 percent are found and Nigeria, where 19 percent are found.
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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 Karawai
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