Karwera Surname

1,537,949th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 135 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Karwera Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Karwera Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda1301:300,30220,842
France21:33,211,361423,184
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Karwera Last Name Facts

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

The surname Karwera occurs more in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Karwera? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,537,949th most commonly occurring surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 53,981,822 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Karwera live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most widespread in Uganda, where it is carried by 130 people, or 1 in 300,302. In Uganda Karwera is most numerous in: Kisoro District, where 44 percent reside, Kamwenge District, where 15 percent reside and Kanungu District, where 11 percent reside. Beside Uganda Karwera occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in France, where 1 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Karweera933/
Karhwera931/
Karbera8685/
Korwera8625/
Karwara8617/
Karweri868/
Karwere865/
Karuera862/
Karwero861/
Karvera861/
Kharwara8046/
Korweera802/
Carbera7130/
Carvera7118/
Corwera712/
Karwire711/
Karuere711/
Korwero711/
Korweri711/
Karbira711/
Karwiri711/
Kharvara6743/
Karuhira673/
Carberra673/
Karuhero672/
Carveira672/
Kaarveri671/
Karuhere671/
Karwaire671/
Carbeara671/
Karberry671/
Carberay670/

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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 Karwera
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