Karawusa Surname

3,141,416th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 39 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Karawusa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Karawusa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria311:5,714,283142,531
England61:9,286,343223,652
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613

Karawusa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Karawusa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Karawusa occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Karawusa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,141,416th most common surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. Karawusa is predominantly found in Africa, where 85 percent of Karawusa are found; 79 percent are found in West Africa and 79 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 31 people, or 1 in 5,714,283. In Nigeria Karawusa is most common in: Abia, where 68 percent reside, Lagos, where 13 percent reside and Oyo, where 10 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 15 percent reside and South Africa, where 5 percent reside.

Karawusa Last Name Statistics demography

Karawusa earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 80.9% less than the national average, earning R 45,384 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Karawusha943/
Karawissa821/
Karavusi751/
Karabushi7117/
Karabousso675/
Karahabuza671/
Carabuse6351/
Karabuzi634/
Karavuze633/
Korobusa631/
Carabusi631/
Karavouzi5998/
Qarabushi591/
Korowosi501/

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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 Karawusa
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