Karuv Surname
Approximately 65 people bear this surname
Karuv Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 40 | 1:203,843 | 28,184 |
| Turkey | 10 | 1:7,782,142 | 126,629 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Karuv (10) may also be a first name.
Karuv Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karuv Come From? nationality or country of origin
Karuv is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Karuv click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karuv? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,372,517th most commonly held last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 112,116,091 people. This surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 62 percent of Karuv reside; 62 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 62 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Karuv is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently held given name in the world, held by 10 people.
The last name is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 40 people, or 1 in 203,843. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: Central, where 65 percent live and National Capital District, where 35 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Turkey, where 15 percent live and India, where 12 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kauruv | 91 | 1 | / |
| Khairuv | 83 | 3 | / |
| Kharouv | 83 | 1 | / |
| Karuw | 80 | 363 | / |
| Keruv | 80 | 236 | / |
| Karuf | 80 | 93 | / |
| Koruv | 80 | 16 | / |
| Karzhauv | 77 | 5 | / |
| Karouf | 73 | 511 | / |
| Karouw | 73 | 180 | / |
| Karoev | 73 | 85 | / |
| Karauw | 73 | 80 | / |
| Kharuf | 73 | 29 | / |
| Karufe | 73 | 14 | / |
| Karuff | 73 | 2 | / |
| Kaaruf | 73 | 1 | / |
| Carauv | 73 | 1 | / |
| Karrub | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kerauv | 73 | 1 | / |
| Kharouf | 67 | 5,136 | / |
| Kaurouw | 67 | 77 | / |
| Kauruff | 67 | 25 | / |
| Kharauf | 67 | 2 | / |
| Karrouf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Karoufe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gkarouf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kharåub | 67 | 1 | / |
| Katrouf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khairuf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kahrouf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaurauf | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
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- 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 Karuv
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