Karakar Surname
Approximately 4,304 people bear this surname
Karakar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 4,270 | 1:179,641 | 10,991 |
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | 1:429,143 | 55,452 |
| Turkey | 5 | 1:15,564,284 | 149,633 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Karakar (345) may also be a first name.
Karakar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karakar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Karakar (Hindi: करकारा, Marathi: करकर, Oriya: କରାକାର) occurs most in India. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Karakar? popularity and diffusion
The surname Karakar is the 108,189th most numerous family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,693,203 people. The surname Karakar is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Karakar live; 99 percent live in South Asia and 99 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 469,697th most widespread forename throughout the world, borne by 345 people.
The surname Karakar is most commonly used in India, where it is carried by 4,270 people, or 1 in 179,641. In India it is most common in: Gujarat, where 96 percent live, Maharashtra, where 2 percent live and Assam, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account India it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent live and Turkey, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Karakar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karakar in the Oriya language | ||
| କରାକାର | karakara | 50 |
| କାରକର | karakara | 25 |
| କରାକର | karakara | 25 |
| Karakar in the Marathi language | ||
| करकर | karakara | 50 |
| कारकर | karakara | 14.29 |
| कराकर | karakara | 10.71 |
| काराकर | karakara | 5.36 |
| करकार | karakara | 3.57 |
| काऱकर | karakara | 3.57 |
| काटकर | katakara | 3.57 |
| कारेाकार | kareakara | 3.57 |
| कारकार | karakara | 1.79 |
| करकरे | karakare | 1.79 |
| ख़ारकर | kharakara | 1.79 |
| Karakar in the Hindi language | ||
| करकारा | karakara | 33.33 |
| कारकरा | karakara | 22.22 |
| करकर | karakara | 11.11 |
| कराकर | karakara | 11.11 |
| करकार | karakara | 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
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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 Karakar
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