Karleh Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Karleh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 35 | 1:125,958 | 9,506 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Karleh (17) may also be a first name.
Karleh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karleh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Karleh occurs more in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Karleh click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karleh? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,274,477th most commonly held surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. The last name Karleh occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Karleh reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most frequently used given name in the world. It is borne by 17 people.
This last name is most widespread in Liberia, where it is held by 35 people, or 1 in 125,958. In Liberia Karleh is mostly found in: Montserrado County, where 29 percent reside, Nimba County, where 26 percent reside and Grand Kru County, where 20 percent reside. Without taking into account Liberia it is found in one country. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 3 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 Karleh
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