Karyea Surname
Approximately 598 people bear this surname
Karyea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 594 | 1:7,422 | 874 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Karyea (35) may also be a first name.
Karyea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karyea Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Karyea is borne by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Karyea? popularity and diffusion
The surname Karyea is the 538,129th most frequently used family name globally, borne by around 1 in 12,186,532 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Karyea live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. Karyea is also the 1,744,716th most frequently used forename in the world It is held by 35 people.
The surname is most frequent in Liberia, where it is carried by 594 people, or 1 in 7,422. In Liberia Karyea is mostly concentrated in: Nimba County, where 38 percent reside, Montserrado County, where 22 percent reside and Grand Bassa County, where 15 percent reside. Not including Liberia this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Ghana, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Karyea
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