Karounwi Surname
Approximately 614 people bear this surname
Karounwi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 611 | 1:289,923 | 16,281 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Karounwi (63) may also be a first name.
Karounwi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karounwi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Karounwi is most common in Nigeria. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Karounwi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 527,543rd most widespread surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 11,868,967 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Karounwi are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,234,572nd most prevalent first name throughout the world, held by 63 people.
The last name Karounwi is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 611 people, or 1 in 289,923. In Nigeria Karounwi is most prevalent in: Ogun, where 48 percent are found, Lagos, where 40 percent are found and Oyo, where 5 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Iceland, where 0 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karohunwi | 94 | 33 | / |
| Karunwi | 93 | 705 | / |
| Karonwi | 93 | 381 | / |
| Kaironwi | 88 | 34 | / |
| Karounwe | 88 | 4 | / |
| Karounwa | 88 | 3 | / |
| Karonwui | 88 | 3 | / |
| Karoonwi | 88 | 3 | / |
| Karuonwi | 88 | 2 | / |
| Karunwui | 88 | 1 | / |
| Korounwi | 88 | 1 | / |
| Karanwi | 80 | 17 | / |
| Karonwe | 80 | 3 | / |
| Karunwa | 80 | 3 | / |
| Karonbi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Karunwy | 80 | 1 | / |
| Karumwi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Karunwet | 75 | 2 | / |
| Kairanwi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kaurunbi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Karunvich | 71 | 1 | / |
| Karanvi | 67 | 93 | / |
| Koronui | 67 | 38 | / |
| Karanwa | 67 | 17 | / |
| Karuyonwet | 67 | 7 | / |
| Karunva | 67 | 6 | / |
| Karomwe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kahrumnuid | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Karounwi
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