Karunwi Surname

474,683rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 705 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Iceland

Karunwi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Karunwi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria6121:289,44916,259
England611:913,41146,955
United States241:15,102,456529,929
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Karunwi (17) may also be a first name.

Karunwi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Karunwi is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Karunwi? popularity and diffusion

Karunwi is the 474,683rd most common surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 10,336,945 people. The last name Karunwi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 87 percent of Karunwi live; 87 percent live in West Africa and 87 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most prevalent first name globally. It is borne by 17 people.

The last name Karunwi is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 612 people, or 1 in 289,449. In Nigeria Karunwi is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 42 percent reside, Ogun, where 33 percent reside and Oyo, where 5 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria Karunwi is found in 7 countries. It is also found in England, where 9 percent reside and The United States, where 3 percent reside.

Karunwi Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Karunwi are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% being registered to vote for the political party.

Karunwi earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 35.95% less than the national average, earning $27,638 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Karounwi93614/
Karunwui931/
Karohunwi8833/
Karonwi86381/
Karunwa863/
Karunwy861/
Karumwi861/
Kaironwi8034/
Karounwe804/
Karounwa803/
Karonwui803/
Karoonwi803/
Karunwet802/
Kaurunbi801/
Korounwi801/
Karunvich751/
Karunva716/
Karonwe713/
Karinvi711/
Kahrumnuid711/
Kharumnuhid675/
Kairunbhee591/
Koronui5738/

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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 Karunwi
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