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 last name Karawai occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Karawai.
How Common Is The Last Name Karawai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,661,929th most frequently used last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. The surname Karawai occurs predominantly in Africa, where 66 percent of Karawai reside; 57 percent reside in West Africa and 38 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 1,637,361st most commonly held given name in the world, held by 39 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 1,038,453. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Far North Region, where 100 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 32 percent reside and Nigeria, 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
- 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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