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 surname Karaiya (Hindi: करैया, Marathi: करैया, Russian: Караия) is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karaiya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,907,068th most frequently used last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 76,711,010 people. The last name Karaiya is mostly found in Asia, where 94 percent of Karaiya reside; 86 percent reside in South Asia and 86 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Karaiya is also the 1,484,914th most widely held first name throughout the world, held by 46 people.
Karaiya is most frequent in India, where it is carried by 82 people, or 1 in 9,354,456. In India Karaiya is most prevalent in: West Bengal, where 34 percent reside, Madhya Pradesh, where 28 percent reside and Maharashtra, where 13 percent reside. Aside from India Karaiya occurs in 7 countries. It is also found 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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