Karife Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Karife Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Karife Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karife Come From? nationality or country of origin
Karife occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Karife.
How Common Is The Last Name Karife? popularity and diffusion
The surname Karife is the 6,063,924th most frequently held surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Karife are found; 80 percent are found in West Africa and 80 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Gombe, where 63 percent reside, Delta, where 13 percent reside and Federal Capital Territory, where 13 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 10 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 10 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 Karife
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