Karouw Surname
Approximately 180 people bear this surname
Karouw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 169 | 1:782,540 | 59,655 |
| Netherlands | 10 | 1:1,688,718 | 81,846 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Karouw Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karouw Come From? nationality or country of origin
Karouw occurs most in Indonesia. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Karouw? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,272,314th most numerous family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 40,486,366 people. The last name Karouw occurs mostly in Asia, where 94 percent of Karouw reside; 94 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 94 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.
Karouw is most widespread in Indonesia, where it is carried by 169 people, or 1 in 782,540. In Indonesia it is primarily concentrated in: North Sulawesi, where 80 percent are found, North Maluku, where 14 percent are found and Jakarta, where 2 percent are found. Besides Indonesia this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 6 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Karouw
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