Karakaa Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Karakaa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
The alternate forms: Karakaå (1) are calculated separately.
Karakaa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karakaa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Karakaa is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Karakaå. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karakaa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,957,383rd most commonly held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 84 percent of Karakaa live; 84 percent live in West Africa and 84 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 8,435,369. In Nigeria Karakaa is most frequent in: Benue, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It is also common in India, where 16 percent are found.
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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 Karakaa
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