Karbau Surname
Approximately 37 people bear this surname
Karbau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 23 | 1:354,509 | 47,011 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Karbau (35) may also be a first name.
Karbau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karbau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Karbau occurs in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Karbau.
How Common Is The Last Name Karbau? popularity and diffusion
The last name Karbau is the 3,228,735th most frequent surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 196,960,700 people. The surname is primarily found in Oceania, where 62 percent of Karbau live; 62 percent live in Oceania Islands and 62 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,744,716th most prevalent first name globally, held by 35 people.
The last name Karbau is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 354,509. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: West Sepik, where 100 percent reside. Besides Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 35 percent reside and Niger, where 3 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 Karbau
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