Karnwal Surname

319,593rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,170 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Karnwal Surname User-submission:

The Karnwal community are Bania merchants, they are the descendants of the Sahastrarjuna dynasty and belong to the Kalachuri dynasty. They were trading cloth and liquor in the early times, but now they are good businessmen.

Karnwal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India1,1511:666,43431,316
United States71:51,779,848968,877
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
England31:18,572,686338,250
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786

Karnwal Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Karnwal community are Bania merchants, they are the descendants of the Sahastrarjuna dynasty and belong to the Kalachuri dynasty. They were trading cloth and liquor in the early times, but now they are good businessmen.

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Karnwal Last Name Facts

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

The surname Karnwal (Hindi: कर्णवाल) is most common in India. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Karnwal? popularity and diffusion

The last name Karnwal is the 319,593rd most commonly held family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 6,228,672 people. Karnwal occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of Karnwal live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 98 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

This surname is most frequent in India, where it is carried by 1,151 people, or 1 in 666,434. In India Karnwal is mostly concentrated in: Uttarkhand, where 39 percent reside, Uttar Pradesh, where 39 percent reside and Delhi, where 10 percent reside. Apart from India this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent reside and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kharnwal931/
Karnwall931/
Karnval86424/
Karnual861/
Karnbal861/
Kornwald8013/
Carnwall8011/
Karnvall801/
Karimwal801/
Carnwalth751/
Kornval7138/
Cornwal7113/
Kareemwale713/
Carnval711/
Carnbal710/
Cornwall6710,103/
Carnvale6717/
Kharmval671/
Cornwald670/
Cornwalt670/
Kareembal631/
Cornwwall631/
Cornval571/
Carmvall5313/
Carimbal533/
Cornuald531/
Cornvale530/

Karnwal Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Karnwal in the Hindi language
कर्णवालkarnavala97.81
कर्नवालkarnavala1.1
कर्णबालkarnabala0.44
कणर्वालkanarvala0.22
कर्णवानkarnavana0.22

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