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 most common in Liberia. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Karteh click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karteh? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 689,921st most commonly held family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 16,987,287 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Karteh live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.
The last name Karteh is most frequent in Liberia, where it is borne by 423 people, or 1 in 10,422. In Liberia it is primarily concentrated in: Sinoe County, where 54 percent reside, Montserrado County, where 25 percent reside and Grand Bassa County, where 9 percent reside. Besides Liberia Karteh is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Costa Rica, where 0 percent reside and Indonesia, where 0 percent reside.
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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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