Karawas Surname
Approximately 64 people bear this surname
Karawas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 60 | 1:135,895 | 18,658 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
Karawas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karawas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Karawas has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karawas? popularity and diffusion
The last name Karawas is the 2,394,033rd most common family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 113,867,905 people. Karawas occurs mostly in Oceania, where 94 percent of Karawas reside; 94 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 94 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.
This surname is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 60 people, or 1 in 135,895. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Gulf, where 47 percent reside, Morobe, where 38 percent reside and Eastern Highlands, where 13 percent reside. Barring Papua New Guinea Karawas occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 3 percent reside and Germany, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kharawas | 93 | 102 | / |
| Karawash | 93 | 4 | / |
| Karawasz | 93 | 1 | / |
| Karavas | 86 | 1,780 | / |
| Qarawas | 86 | 2 | / |
| Carawas | 86 | 1 | / |
| Qarawash | 80 | 336 | / |
| Karabasz | 80 | 331 | / |
| Kharabas | 80 | 258 | / |
| Katravas | 80 | 81 | / |
| Kharavas | 80 | 52 | / |
| Karawach | 80 | 3 | / |
| Karavasz | 80 | 1 | / |
| Karaweis | 80 | 1 | / |
| Caraways | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kharabash | 75 | 69 | / |
| Karabasch | 75 | 55 | / |
| Kharavais | 75 | 14 | / |
| Kharavase | 75 | 3 | / |
| Khairavas | 75 | 1 | / |
| Karawatch | 75 | 1 | / |
| Carabas | 71 | 760 | / |
| Karavaş | 71 | 743 | / |
| Karavos | 71 | 129 | / |
| Caravas | 71 | 118 | / |
| Karabaš | 71 | 99 | / |
| Kharavahas | 71 | 10 | / |
| Karavasova | 71 | 9 | / |
| Qarabas | 71 | 7 | / |
| Karavaz | 71 | 6 | / |
| Karovas | 71 | 3 | / |
| Koravas | 71 | 1 | / |
| Qarawaz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Korawos | 71 | 1 | / |
| Karabaß | 71 | 1 | / |
| Karevas | 71 | 1 | / |
| Caraubas | 67 | 79 | / |
| Karoubas | 67 | 49 | / |
| Kourabas | 67 | 34 | / |
| Qarabash | 67 | 32 | / |
| Karavach | 67 | 26 | / |
| Catravas | 67 | 23 | / |
| Caraibas | 67 | 16 | / |
| Katrovas | 67 | 4 | / |
| Khorabas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Karaivaz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kheravas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Karovais | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Karawas
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