Karakye Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Karakye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 13 | 1:3,003,021 | 81,551 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
Karakye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karakye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Karakye is more commonly found in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karakye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,908,606th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Karakye live; 88 percent live in East Africa and 88 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
It is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 3,003,021. In Uganda Karakye is mostly found in: Kampala District, where 23 percent are found, Isingiro District, where 15 percent are found and Kasese District, where 8 percent are found. Barring Uganda Karakye exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 6 percent are found and Rwanda, where 6 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 Karakye
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