Karw Surname

420,074th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 826 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Karw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Karw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India8181:937,73340,293
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Pakistan21:89,321,942157,560
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Karw (63) may also be a first name.

Karw Last Name Facts

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

The surname Karw (Arabic: عكرو, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﺭﻭ) is more commonly found in India than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Karw click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Karw? popularity and diffusion

The surname Karw is the 420,074th most frequently used family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 8,822,695 people. The last name Karw is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Karw are found; 99 percent are found in South Asia and 99 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,234,572nd most widely held first name world-wide, borne by 63 people.

Karw is most numerous in India, where it is borne by 818 people, or 1 in 937,733. In India Karw is primarily concentrated in: Jharkhand, where 100 percent are found. Aside from India it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 0 percent are found and Pakistan, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Karwe89217/
Kharw892/
Kaurw891/
Kharwf806/
Kharwe802/
Kharws802/
Kairew802/
Kearws801/
Karv75131/
Karf75106/
Korw7511/
Carw753/
Kerw752/
Karbowa73299/
Khairew731/
Kharwhe731/
Karwowa731/
Kaharwe731/
Karpf672,719/
Karfe671,160/
Korwe6793/
Kharv6764/
Kaurv6746/
Kaurf6745/
Karff6737/
Kharf6722/
Karbø6711/
Karph674/
Keerw673/
Kaheirwe673/
Carwe673/
Kairb672/
Karvø671/
Korwh671/
Kaerf671/
Kairv671/
Katrv671/

Karw Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Karw in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﻛﺎﺭﻭkarw-
Karw in the Arabic language
عكروkrw-

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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 Karw
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