Karaia Surname
Approximately 218 people bear this surname
Karaia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 157 | 1:289,953 | 37,208 |
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| Russia | 16 | 1:9,007,691 | 311,782 |
| Georgia | 10 | 1:374,554 | 15,620 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Abkhazia | 2 | 1:121,432 | 4,128 |
Karaia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karaia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Karaia (Georgian: კარაია, Marathi: कािरया, Russian: Караиа) occurs in Ukraine more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Karaia.
How Common Is The Last Name Karaia? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,115,011th most widely held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 33,429,110 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 80 percent of Karaia are found; 78 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 78 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.
The last name Karaia is most prevalent in Ukraine, where it is carried by 157 people, or 1 in 289,953. In Ukraine Karaia is primarily concentrated in: Zaporizhia Oblast, where 15 percent are found, Donetsk Oblast, where 12 percent are found and Cherkasy Oblast, where 10 percent are found. Aside from Ukraine it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 10 percent are found and Russia, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Karaia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karaia in the Georgian language | ||
| კარაია | karaia | - |
| Karaia in the Marathi language | ||
| कािरया | kairaya | 50 |
| करीया | kariya | 50 |
| Karaia in the Russian language | ||
| Караиа | karaia | - |
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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 Karaia
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