Karuvu Surname

2,661,929th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 53 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Karuvu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Karuvu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India441:17,433,304271,013
Papua New Guinea81:1,019,215101,897
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Karuvu (266) may also be a first name.

Karuvu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Karuvu (Oriya: କାରୁବୁ) is carried by more people in India than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Karuvu.

How Common Is The Last Name Karuvu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,661,929th most commonly held family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. The last name Karuvu occurs mostly in Asia, where 83 percent of Karuvu reside; 83 percent reside in South Asia and 83 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 545,281st most frequent first name in the world. It is borne by 266 people.

It is most frequently used in India, where it is held by 44 people, or 1 in 17,433,304. In India Karuvu is primarily concentrated in: Andhra Pradesh, where 70 percent reside, Telangana, where 20 percent reside and Odisha, where 9 percent reside. Excluding India this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 15 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Karuvau924/
Karuvut921/
Kairuvu921/
Kautruvu861/
Karivu8356/
Keruvu8320/
Koruvu8316/
Karuwu834/
Karubui77321/
Karubuy77234/
Karaubu771/
Korubu6724/
Carubu679/
Kerivu676/
Keruwu671/
Korivu671/
Kharroubou631/
Kariwau621/
Korubuh621/
Kouroubou5328/
Kourouwou531/
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Karuvu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Karuvu in the Oriya language
କାରୁବୁkarubu66.67
କାରୁଜୁkaruju33.33

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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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  • 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 Karuvu
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