Karaiya Surname
Approximately 95 people bear this surname
Karaiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 82 | 1:9,354,456 | 185,501 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Abkhazia | 1 | 1:242,865 | 5,354 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Karaiya (46) may also be a first name.
Karaiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karaiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Karaiya (Hindi: करैया, Marathi: करैया, Russian: Караия) is borne by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Karaiya.
How Common Is The Last Name Karaiya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Karaiya is the 1,907,068th most widely held surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 76,711,010 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 94 percent of Karaiya live; 86 percent live in South Asia and 86 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,484,914th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, borne by 46 people.
This last name is most frequently held in India, where it is held by 82 people, or 1 in 9,354,456. In India it is mostly concentrated in: West Bengal, where 34 percent reside, Madhya Pradesh, where 28 percent reside and Maharashtra, where 13 percent reside. Outside of India this last name exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 4 percent reside and Kenya, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Karaiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karaiya in the Marathi language | ||
| करैया | karaiya | - |
| Karaiya in the Hindi language | ||
| करैया | karaiya | 48 |
| करइया | kara'iya | 40 |
| करईया | kara'iya | 12 |
| Karaiya in the Russian language | ||
| Караия | 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 Karaiya
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