Karaoğlu Surname
Approximately 21,955 people bear this surname
Karaoğlu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 21,919 | 1:3,550 | 504 |
| Northern Cyprus | 31 | 1:10,291 | 2,613 |
| Kosovo | 3 | 1:620,623 | 10,771 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Karaoğlu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karaoğlu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Karaoğlu occurs more in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Karaoğlu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 24,603rd most common surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 331,931 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 85 percent of Karaoğlu live; 85 percent live in West Asia and 85 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.
Karaoğlu is most frequently held in Turkey, where it is borne by 21,919 people, or 1 in 3,550. In Turkey it is most frequent in: Istanbul Province, where 19 percent reside, Ankara Province, where 9 percent reside and Gaziantep Province, where 8 percent reside. Aside from Turkey Karaoğlu exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent reside and Kosovo, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Karaoğlu
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