Karnapp Surname

1,849,867th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 100 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Karnapp Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Karnapp Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany911:884,67563,174
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Karnapp Last Name Facts

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

The surname Karnapp occurs more in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Karnapp? popularity and diffusion

Karnapp is the 1,849,867th most commonly held family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 72,875,459 people. Karnapp occurs mostly in Europe, where 91 percent of Karnapp reside; 91 percent reside in Western Europe and 91 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most widely held in Germany, where it is borne by 91 people, or 1 in 884,675. In Germany Karnapp is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 30 percent live, Hamburg, where 20 percent live and Berlin, where 16 percent live. Excluding Germany this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 7 percent live and Ghana, where 1 percent live.

Karnapp Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Karnapp has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Karnapp surname contracted 91 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Karnap92309/
Karnopp861,331/
Kornapp8612/
Karnab7786/
Karnop7753/
Carnap7740/
Koernap7129/
Carnopp713/
Kharnab711/
Karnope711/
Carnoppe671/
Karnopova6322/
Kernop6264/
Kornab6226/
Kernab622/
Kornav621/
Karnob621/
Carnop621/
Carnab620/
Karnoub5734/
Kharnov5711/
Karnoob571/
Corngap570/
Kharnoub53719/
Kharnoob533/
Kharrnov532/
Karinnov531/

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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 Karnapp
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