Karabu Surname
Approximately 1,324 people bear this surname
Karabu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,053 | 1:43,856 | 4,557 |
| Indonesia | 147 | 1:899,654 | 67,360 |
| India | 64 | 1:11,985,397 | 216,293 |
| Papua New Guinea | 52 | 1:156,802 | 21,647 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Karabu (223) may also be a first name.
Karabu Demographics
Karabu Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Karabu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karabu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Karabu (Marathi: करबु, Oriya: କରାବୁ) occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Karabu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Karabu is the 289,472nd most common last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 5,504,189 people. The surname Karabu is predominantly found in Africa, where 80 percent of Karabu live; 80 percent live in East Africa and 79 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 603,623rd most widespread first name worldwide It is held by 223 people.
Karabu is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 1,053 people, or 1 in 43,856. In Kenya Karabu is mostly concentrated in: Kilifi County, where 77 percent live, Mombasa County, where 13 percent live and Nairobi County, where 8 percent live. Aside from Kenya this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 11 percent live and India, where 5 percent live.
Karabu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Karabu surname is predominantly Christian (92%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Karabu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karabu in the Oriya language | ||
| କରାବୁ | karabu | - |
| Karabu in the Marathi language | ||
| करबु | karabu | 33.33 |
| कारबू | karabu | 22.22 |
| कारबु | karabu | 22.22 |
| करबू | karabu | 11.11 |
| केारबू | kearabu | 11.11 |
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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 Karabu
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