Karshagen Surname

1,115,011th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 218 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Karshagen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Karshagen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2131:254,35525,748
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372

Karshagen Last Name Facts

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

Karshagen is found most frequently in South Africa. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Karshagen? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,115,011th most commonly held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 33,429,110 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Karshagen reside; 98 percent reside in Southern Africa and 98 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Karshagen is most widespread in South Africa, where it is borne by 213 people, or 1 in 254,355. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 51 percent live, Gauteng, where 30 percent live and Western Cape, where 9 percent live. Apart from South Africa this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Karshagen Last Name Statistics demography

Karshagen earn significantly more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 29.53% more than the national average, earning R 307,812 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Carshagen8990/
Korshagen896/
Karshagin894/
Korshaugen8414/
Carschagen841/
Karsasen821/
Korshagin784/
Karjagin7143/
Korsagin711/
Karzhasin674/
Kaurjosen671/
Korjagin5985/
Korcagin5932/
Carcagnì5911/
Korsougne5626/
Korchagim561/
Karzohhin561/
Carsosn504/

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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 Karshagen
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