Karayeh Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Karayeh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 55 | 1:1,396,046 | 56,996 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
Karayeh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karayeh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Karayeh is carried by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karayeh? popularity and diffusion
The last name Karayeh is the 2,580,327th most frequent surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 130,134,748 people. The surname Karayeh is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Karayeh are found; 98 percent are found in South Asia and 98 percent are found in Islamic South Asia.
Karayeh is most widespread in Iran, where it is borne by 55 people, or 1 in 1,396,046. In Iran Karayeh is most frequent in: Razavi Khorasan Province, where 58 percent live, Golestan Province, where 22 percent live and Tehran Province, where 16 percent live. Besides Iran Karayeh occurs in one country. It is also found in Lebanon, where 2 percent live.
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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 Karayeh
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