Karfs Surname

2,843,861st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 47 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norway

Karfs Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Karfs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States421:8,629,975373,648
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Karfs Last Name Facts

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

The last name Karfs occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Karfs? popularity and diffusion

The last name Karfs is the 2,843,861st most commonly used family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 155,054,168 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 89 percent of Karfs are found; 89 percent are found in North America and 89 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname Karfs is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 42 people, or 1 in 8,629,975. In The United States Karfs is mostly concentrated in: Illinois, where 36 percent live, California, where 31 percent live and Missouri, where 12 percent live. Beside The United States it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Norway, where 4 percent live and Sweden, where 4 percent live.

Karfs Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Karfs surname are 7.08% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 53.85% being registered with the party.

Karfs earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.32% more than the national average, earning $43,285 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kerfs80238/
Karbs8079/
Korfs801/
Kharws732/
Korffs731/
Kearws731/
Karbsch674/
Körbs60245/
Kerws6026/
Carbs6021/
Corfs6010/
Korvs601/
Carws601/
Kervs601/
Carvs600/
Kärvås559/
Khorbs553/
Cairws551/
Kärbsch503/
Korbsch502/

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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 Karfs
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