Karway Surname
Approximately 1,007 people bear this surname
Karway Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 892 | 1:4,942 | 601 |
| Indonesia | 104 | 1:1,271,627 | 88,950 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
Karway (44) may also be a first name.
Karway Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karway Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Karway is more commonly found in Liberia than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Karway? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 359,713th most prevalent last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 7,236,888 people. The last name Karway is primarily found in Africa, where 89 percent of Karway reside; 89 percent reside in West Africa and 89 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 1,525,482nd most numerous first name world-wide It is held by 44 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Liberia, where it is borne by 892 people, or 1 in 4,942. In Liberia it is most common in: Nimba County, where 62 percent live, Montserrado County, where 17 percent live and Lofa County, where 5 percent live. Apart from Liberia this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 10 percent live and Niger, 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 Karway
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