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
Karleh occurs in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Karleh.
How Common Is The Last Name Karleh? popularity and diffusion
The surname Karleh is the 3,274,477th most frequent family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. Karleh occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Karleh live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most widely held first name globally, borne by 17 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Liberia, where it is held by 35 people, or 1 in 125,958. In Liberia it is most prevalent in: Montserrado County, where 29 percent live, Nimba County, where 26 percent live and Grand Kru County, where 20 percent live. Besides Liberia this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 3 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 Karleh
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