Karake Surname
Approximately 6,151 people bear this surname
Karake Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rwanda | 5,581 | 1:2,036 | 486 |
| India | 323 | 1:2,374,815 | 77,074 |
| Papua New Guinea | 124 | 1:65,756 | 8,577 |
| Uganda | 28 | 1:1,394,260 | 52,673 |
| Argentina | 19 | 1:2,249,653 | 107,269 |
| Israel | 14 | 1:611,260 | 42,949 |
| Belgium | 12 | 1:958,054 | 73,966 |
| Finland | 11 | 1:499,700 | 30,478 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Lebanon | 6 | 1:939,514 | 16,645 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 4 | 1:1,493,164 | 71,188 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Karake (84) may also be a first name.
Karake Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karake Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Karake (Hindi: कारके, Marathi: कारके, Russian: Караке) is borne by more people in Rwanda than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Karake click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karake? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 79,328th most widely held surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 1,184,774 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Karake live; 91 percent live in East Africa and 91 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,046,220th most commonly used first name in the world, held by 84 people.
The surname Karake is most commonly occurring in Rwanda, where it is carried by 5,581 people, or 1 in 2,036. Aside from Rwanda Karake exists in 26 countries. It is also common in India, where 5 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Karake Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karake in the Hindi language | ||
| कारके | karake | - |
| Karake in the Marathi language | ||
| कारके | karake | 60.37 |
| करके | karake | 19.51 |
| कराके | karake | 10.98 |
| काऱके | karake | 3.05 |
| केारके | kearake | 1.83 |
| सािरका | sairaka | 1.22 |
| काराळे | karale | 0.61 |
| िकरण | ikarana | 0.61 |
| कारहे | karahe | 0.61 |
| कराळे | karale | 0.61 |
| Karake in the Russian language | ||
| Караке | karake | - |
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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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- 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 Karake
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