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
Karakye is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karakye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,908,606th most commonly used surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Karakye live; 88 percent live in East Africa and 88 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 3,003,021. In Uganda it is primarily found in: Kampala District, where 23 percent are found, Isingiro District, where 15 percent are found and Kasese District, where 8 percent are found. Excluding Uganda this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs 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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