Karwah Surname
Approximately 151 people bear this surname
Karwah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 150 | 1:29,390 | 2,840 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Karwah (62) may also be a first name.
Karwah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karwah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Karwah occurs more in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Karwah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karwah? popularity and diffusion
Karwah is the 1,428,594th most frequently used last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 48,261,893 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Karwah are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. Karwah is also the 1,246,114th most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 62 people.
The surname Karwah is most common in Liberia, where it is held by 150 people, or 1 in 29,390. In Liberia it is mostly concentrated in: Montserrado County, where 36 percent live, Nimba County, where 35 percent live and Grand Gedeh County, where 9 percent live. Not including Liberia this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 1 percent live.
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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 Karwah
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