Karkay Surname
Approximately 83 people bear this surname
Karkay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 66 | 1:66,796 | 5,740 |
| Philippines | 12 | 1:8,436,519 | 202,133 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Karkay (38) may also be a first name.
Karkay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karkay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Karkay occurs more in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karkay? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,061,309th most frequent surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 87,801,758 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 80 percent of Karkay live; 80 percent live in West Africa and 80 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. Karkay is also the 1,662,754th most commonly occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 38 people.
Karkay is most prevalent in Liberia, where it is carried by 66 people, or 1 in 66,796. In Liberia Karkay is most prevalent in: Nimba County, where 70 percent reside, Montserrado County, where 27 percent reside and Lofa County, where 2 percent reside. Beside Liberia this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 14 percent reside and The United States, where 5 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 Karkay
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