Karakya Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Uganda

Karakya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Karakya Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Karakya Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Karakya Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Karakya is found most in Turkey. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Karakya? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,193,072nd most numerous last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 40 percent of Karakya are found; 40 percent are found in East Africa and 40 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

The last name is most widespread in Turkey, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 38,910,711. In Turkey it is most frequent in: Malatya Province, where 50 percent reside and Mus Province, where 50 percent reside. Beside Turkey it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 40 percent reside and Germany, where 20 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kharakya938/
Karakia8616/
Karekya861/
Kharakia8066/
Karakeha809/
Katrakia801/
Karaskia801/
Kharakyoz758/
Karakehayova7479/
Karakio714/
Karakeo711/
Kerakeha6710/
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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 Karakya
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