Kariwe Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Kariwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Kariwe (15) may also be a first name.
Kariwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kariwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kariwe is found most in Papua New Guinea. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kariwe? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,908,606th most commonly used surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. This last name is predominantly found in Oceania, where 88 percent of Kariwe are found; 88 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 88 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly used first name globally It is held by 15 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 582,408. In Papua New Guinea Kariwe is most numerous in: Western, where 50 percent live, Eastern Highlands, where 29 percent live and National Capital District, where 21 percent live. Not including Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 6 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 6 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 Kariwe
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