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 last name Karbau is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Karbau click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karbau? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,228,735th most commonly occurring surname globally It is held by around 1 in 196,960,700 people. It occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 62 percent of Karbau live; 62 percent live in Oceania Islands and 62 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Karbau is also the 1,744,716th most widely held first name at a global level It is held by 35 people.
Karbau is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 354,509. In Papua New Guinea Karbau is most frequent in: West Sepik, where 100 percent reside. Outside of Papua New Guinea this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found 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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