Karteh Surname
Approximately 429 people bear this surname
Karteh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 423 | 1:10,422 | 1,152 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Karteh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karteh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Karteh is found most in Liberia. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karteh? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 689,921st most widespread family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,987,287 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Karteh live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.
This last name is most widely held in Liberia, where it is borne by 423 people, or 1 in 10,422. In Liberia Karteh is most numerous in: Sinoe County, where 54 percent are found, Montserrado County, where 25 percent are found and Grand Bassa County, where 9 percent are found. Excluding Liberia this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Costa Rica, where 0 percent are found and Indonesia, where 0 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 Karteh
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