Karakoush Surname
Approximately 1,523 people bear this surname
Karakoush Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 1,446 | 1:24,220 | 1,300 |
| Syria | 61 | 1:316,410 | 4,562 |
| Jordan | 7 | 1:1,263,205 | 16,935 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Karakoush Demographics
Karakoush Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Karakoush Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karakoush Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Karakoush occurs more in Iraq more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Karakoush? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 258,381st most frequently occurring surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 4,784,994 people. The last name Karakoush occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Karakoush live; 100 percent live in West Asia and 100 percent live in Levant.
This last name is most numerous in Iraq, where it is borne by 1,446 people, or 1 in 24,220. Outside of Iraq this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Syria, where 4 percent reside and Jordan, where 0 percent reside.
Karakoush Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Karakoush last name is principally Melkite Greek Catholic (50%) in Lebanon.
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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 Karakoush
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