Kartwe Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Kartwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kartwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia281:157,44811,209
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Kartwe Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kartwe is carried by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Kartwe click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kartwe? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,602,217th most widely held last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Kartwe reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.

This last name is most commonly held in Liberia, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 157,448. In Liberia it is most numerous in: Grand Kru County, where 61 percent are found, Montserrado County, where 36 percent are found and Sinoe County, where 4 percent are found. Other than Liberia it occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cartwe832/
Kartue832/
Kartwa831/
Kartuey775/
Kartway772/
Cartwer770/
Cartw731/
Kortue67111/
Kartui6716/
Cartue671/
Cardwe671/
Kardue671/
Carthw671/

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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 Kartwe
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