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
Karanga Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
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 borne by more people in Burkina Faso than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Karanga? popularity and diffusion
The surname Karanga is the 120,355th most commonly used last name globally, borne by around 1 in 1,912,240 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 65 percent of Karanga reside; 44 percent reside in West Africa and 42 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 458,892nd most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 360 people.
It is most frequently held in Burkina Faso, where it is borne by 1,601 people, or 1 in 11,463. In Burkina Faso Karanga is most numerous in: Centre-Est Region, where 72 percent reside, Centre Region, where 13 percent reside and Sahel Region, where 6 percent reside. Other than Burkina Faso Karanga exists in 32 countries. It is also found in India, where 29 percent reside and Kenya, where 8 percent reside.
Karanga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly 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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