Karamoja Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Karamoja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Karamoja Demographics
Karamoja Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Karamoja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karamoja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Karamoja occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karamoja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Karamoja is the 5,391,485th most commonly used family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Karamoja live; 77 percent live in East Africa and 77 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 4,617,990. In Kenya Karamoja is most frequent in: Kakamega County, where 90 percent live and Trans Nzoia County, where 10 percent live. Other than Kenya this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United Arab Emirates, where 15 percent live and South Africa, where 8 percent live.
Karamoja Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Karamoja
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