Karniah Surname

1,070,546th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 232 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Karniah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Karniah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia2151:615,11348,757
Liberia161:275,53316,331
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Karniah (1,958) may also be a first name.

Karniah Last Name Facts

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

The last name Karniah is more commonly found in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Karniah.

How Common Is The Last Name Karniah? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,070,546th most common surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 31,411,836 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 93 percent of Karniah are found; 93 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 93 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Karniah is also the 171,290th most commonly used first name at a global level It is held by 1,958 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Indonesia, where it is carried by 215 people, or 1 in 615,113. In Indonesia it is mostly found in: West Java, where 78 percent reside, Banten, where 9 percent reside and Lampung, where 5 percent reside. Other than Indonesia it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 7 percent reside and Malaysia, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Karnia921,598/
Karneah8644/
Kerniah8642/
Carniah8630/
Karnjia861/
Karnjah861/
Kairnia861/
Korniah861/
Kharnia861/
Karznia860/
Karemnia8079/
Karennia8042/
Khairnia8019/
Kernniah806/
Karnajia803/
Korniach801/
Karnojia801/
Kornia771,510/
Kernia7795/
Karnya7751/
Carnia7716/
Karnio7714/
Karnja773/
Karnha771/
Khairniae757/
Korniat71292/
Koernia71224/
Khornia7118/
Qorniah7113/
Karnjay718/
Kornyah716/
Keurnia712/
Kournia711/
Kaurnya711/
Karnjat711/
Karnjau711/
Kharnya711/
Carniea711/
Qarniaz711/
Kaarnio711/
Carnegia6743/
Kournias675/
Kharnjai671/
Kheirnia671/
Korhnyah671/
Kotrnias671/
Quaernia671/
Karnayya671/

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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 Karniah
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