Karanga Surname
Approximately 3,811 people bear this surname
Karanga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 1,601 | 1:11,463 | 1,007 |
| India | 1,121 | 1:684,269 | 31,962 |
| Kenya | 311 | 1:148,488 | 11,824 |
| DR Congo | 287 | 1:257,420 | 24,363 |
| Tanzania | 138 | 1:383,635 | 27,683 |
| New Zealand | 53 | 1:85,440 | 12,123 |
| Papua New Guinea | 52 | 1:156,802 | 21,647 |
| Uganda | 46 | 1:848,680 | 39,357 |
| Zimbabwe | 38 | 1:406,269 | 36,425 |
| Ivory Coast | 27 | 1:854,490 | 22,281 |
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
| Indonesia | 19 | 1:6,960,484 | 292,931 |
| Niger | 16 | 1:1,199,501 | 25,520 |
| Russia | 16 | 1:9,007,691 | 311,782 |
| Transnistria | 11 | 1:43,154 | 6,501 |
| Solomon Islands | 10 | 1:58,003 | 11,702 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Moldova | 3 | 1:1,187,123 | 48,973 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Karanga (360) may also be a first name.
Karanga Demographics
Average Karanga Salary in
United States
$33,458 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Karanga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karanga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Karanga (Bengali: করংগা, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺮﻧﻜﺎ, Hindi: करंगा, Marathi: करंगा, Oriya: କରା, Russian: Каранга) is most common in Burkina Faso. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Karanga.
How Common Is The Last Name Karanga? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 120,355th most widely held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 1,912,240 people. The last name Karanga occurs predominantly in Africa, where 65 percent of Karanga live; 44 percent live in West Africa and 42 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 458,892nd most frequently held forename in the world, held by 360 people.
Karanga is most prevalent in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 1,601 people, or 1 in 11,463. In Burkina Faso it is most frequent in: Centre-Est Region, where 72 percent live, Centre Region, where 13 percent live and Sahel Region, where 6 percent live. Other than Burkina Faso it is found in 32 countries. It is also found in India, where 29 percent live and Kenya, where 8 percent live.
Karanga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Karanga surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Karanga earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 22.46% less than the national average, earning $33,458 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Karanga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karanga in the Bengali language | ||
| করংগা | karanga | - |
| Karanga in the Hindi language | ||
| करंगा | karanga | - |
| Karanga in the Marathi language | ||
| करंगा | karanga | - |
| Karanga in the Oriya language | ||
| କରା | kara | 83.33 |
| କାରା | kara | 16.67 |
| Karanga in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺮﻧﻜﺎ | krnka | 50 |
| ﻛﺮﺍﻧﻜﻪ | krankh | 50 |
| Karanga in the Russian language | ||
| Каранга | karanga | - |
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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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- 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 Karanga
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