Karluah Surname
Approximately 170 people bear this surname
Karluah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 168 | 1:26,241 | 2,550 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Karluah (12) may also be a first name.
Karluah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karluah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Karluah is borne by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Karluah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,321,499th most frequent surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 42,867,917 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Karluah live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. Karluah is also the 3,306,491st most widely held first name throughout the world, borne by 12 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Liberia, where it is held by 168 people, or 1 in 26,241. In Liberia Karluah is primarily found in: Nimba County, where 89 percent are found, Montserrado County, where 9 percent are found and Grand Cape Mount County, where 1 percent are found. Not including Liberia this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Karluah
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