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
Karway is more frequently found in Liberia than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Karway? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 359,713th most widely held last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 7,236,888 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Karway live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. Karway is also the 1,525,482nd most widely held first name on earth It is held by 44 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Liberia, where it is borne by 892 people, or 1 in 4,942. In Liberia Karway is most numerous in: Nimba County, where 62 percent are found, Montserrado County, where 17 percent are found and Lofa County, where 5 percent are found. Barring Liberia Karway exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 10 percent are found and Niger, where 1 percent are found.
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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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