Ben Karanja Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Ben Karanja Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ben Karanja Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya51:9,235,98055,978

Ben Karanja Last Name Facts

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

Ben Karanja is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ben Karanja? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ben Karanja is the 8,193,072nd most commonly held family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Ben Karanja occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ben Karanja reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most common in Kenya, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 9,235,980. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Trans Nzoia County, where 80 percent are found and Nakuru County, where 20 percent are found.

Ben Karanja Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Ben Karanja last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bueno Granja782/
bin Karainsau751/
bin Keraniah7011/
bin Karamshah671/

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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 Ben Karanja
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