Karkeh Surname
Approximately 149 people bear this surname
Karkeh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 137 | 1:32,179 | 3,038 |
| Iran | 6 | 1:12,797,087 | 199,837 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Karkeh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karkeh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Karkeh is found most in Liberia. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Karkeh.
How Common Is The Last Name Karkeh? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,441,361st most frequently used family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 48,909,704 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Karkeh reside; 92 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Liberia, where it is carried by 137 people, or 1 in 32,179. In Liberia it is primarily concentrated in: Nimba County, where 92 percent live, Montserrado County, where 6 percent live and Grand Gedeh County, where 1 percent live. Not including Liberia this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 2 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 Karkeh
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