Karnowsky Surname

1,235,409th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 188 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Karnowsky Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Karnowsky Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1361:591,95247,778
United States381:9,538,393399,091
England121:4,643,172139,951
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Karnowsky Last Name Facts

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

Karnowsky occurs most in Germany. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Karnowsky click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Karnowsky? popularity and diffusion

Karnowsky is the 1,235,409th most common last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 38,763,542 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 79 percent of Karnowsky reside; 73 percent reside in Western Europe and 73 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most commonly used in Germany, where it is borne by 136 people, or 1 in 591,952. In Germany Karnowsky is mostly concentrated in: Berlin, where 49 percent are found, Schleswig-Holstein, where 15 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 14 percent are found. Outside of Germany it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 20 percent are found and England, where 6 percent are found.

Karnowsky Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Karnowsky are 2.33% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 55.56% being registered to vote for the party.

Karnowsky earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 20.33% less than the national average, earning $34,375 USD per year.

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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
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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 Karnowsky
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