Karobes Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Namibia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Karobes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Karobes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Namibia341:70,8657,497
Papua New Guinea61:1,358,953118,663

Karobes Last Name Facts

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

The surname Karobes is found in Namibia more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Karobes? popularity and diffusion

The last name Karobes is the 3,100,440th most widespread surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 85 percent of Karobes reside; 85 percent reside in Southern Africa and 85 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most widely held in Namibia, where it is held by 34 people, or 1 in 70,865. In Namibia it is most prevalent in: Khomas Region, where 97 percent are found and Hardap Region, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account Namibia Karobes is found in one country. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 15 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Karabes865/
Korobets80861/
Karabets80338/
Karabees8023/
Karoubis802/
Khairabes756/
Kharabesh752/
Karabehsh751/
Carabes71655/
Karabis7139/
Carobis712/
Kerebes712/
Karovis712/
Kharabeesh711/
Kerobis711/
Qorobes711/
Kharabiesh711/
Qarabesh671,324/
Karompis67136/
Karabyts6776/
Korabets6757/
Karabece6739/
Carrabes6731/
Carabies6720/
Carrobis6710/
Kourebes678/
Kerebesh674/
Karabits674/
Qorobets673/
Karabeşe672/
Korovesh671/
Karovais671/
Korobits671/

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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 Karobes
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