Karnjay Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Karnjay Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Karnjay Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia61:734,75629,369
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Karnjay Last Name Facts

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

Karnjay is found most frequently in Liberia. It can appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Karnjay? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,723,624th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Karnjay occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Karnjay live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 75 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.

The surname Karnjay is most widely held in Liberia, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 734,756. In Liberia Karnjay is most frequent in: Montserrado County, where 83 percent live and Margibi County, where 17 percent live. Outside of Liberia Karnjay exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 25 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 Karnjay
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