Karangi Surname
Approximately 2,003 people bear this surname
Karangi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 618 | 1:74,725 | 6,988 |
| Tanzania | 461 | 1:114,841 | 11,032 |
| Iran | 432 | 1:177,737 | 14,852 |
| India | 383 | 1:2,002,782 | 68,686 |
| Papua New Guinea | 67 | 1:121,697 | 16,585 |
| Uganda | 22 | 1:1,774,513 | 60,490 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
Karangi (157) may also be a first name.
Karangi Demographics
Karangi Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Karangi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karangi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Karangi (Hindi: करंगी, Marathi: करंगी, Oriya: କାରି) is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karangi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 206,815th most commonly held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 3,638,315 people. Karangi is predominantly found in Africa, where 55 percent of Karangi live; 55 percent live in East Africa and 55 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 732,696th most frequently held first name globally, borne by 157 people.
It is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is borne by 618 people, or 1 in 74,725. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Nairobi County, where 29 percent reside, Nyeri County, where 29 percent reside and Kirinyaga County, where 10 percent reside. Apart from Kenya this last name exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 23 percent reside and Iran, where 22 percent reside.
Karangi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Karangi last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Karangi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karangi in the Hindi language | ||
| करंगी | karangi | - |
| Karangi in the Marathi language | ||
| करंगी | karangi | - |
| Karangi in the Oriya language | ||
| କାରି | kari | 40 |
| କାରାି | karai | 40 |
| କାର | kara | 20 |
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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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- 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 Karangi
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