Karkany Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lebanon
Highest density in:
Lebanon

Karkany Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Karkany Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lebanon181:313,17110,344

Karkany Last Name Facts

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

The last name Karkany is carried by more people in Lebanon than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Karkany.

How Common Is The Last Name Karkany? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,649,889th most widely held last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. The surname Karkany occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Karkany are found; 100 percent are found in West Asia and 100 percent are found in Levant.

This last name is most common in Lebanon, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 313,171. In Lebanon Karkany is most prevalent in: Beirut Governorate, where 94 percent live and Mount Lebanon Governorate, where 6 percent live.

Karkany Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Karkany surname is primarily Syriac Orthodox (87%) in Lebanon.

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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 Karkany
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