Karnaka Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Liberia

Karnaka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Karnaka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India81:95,883,173728,828
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Karnaka (12) may also be a first name.

Karnaka Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Karnaka Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Karnaka (Bengali: কর্ণক, Hindi: कर्णका) is carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Karnaka? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 6,063,924th most widely held family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 80 percent of Karnaka are found; 80 percent are found in South Asia and 80 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Karnaka is also the 3,306,491st most commonly held first name at a global level, held by 12 people.

The last name Karnaka is most frequently used in India, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 95,883,173. In India Karnaka is most frequent in: Andhra Pradesh, where 50 percent reside, Telangana, where 38 percent reside and Maharashtra, where 13 percent reside. Apart from India it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 10 percent reside and Spain, where 10 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Karnaka Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Karnaka in the Bengali language
কর্ণকkarnaka-
Karnaka in the Hindi language
कर्णकाkarnaka-

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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
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  • 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 Karnaka
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