Karaya Surname
Approximately 3,338 people bear this surname
Karaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,441 | 1:32,047 | 3,496 |
| India | 1,058 | 1:725,015 | 33,316 |
| Thailand | 230 | 1:307,123 | 52,935 |
| Russia | 227 | 1:634,903 | 55,341 |
| Suriname | 141 | 1:3,919 | 807 |
| Iran | 48 | 1:1,599,636 | 62,090 |
| Turkey | 42 | 1:1,852,891 | 66,380 |
| Netherlands | 32 | 1:527,724 | 48,879 |
| Nigeria | 31 | 1:5,714,283 | 142,531 |
| United States | 28 | 1:12,944,962 | 483,512 |
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Abkhazia | 1 | 1:242,865 | 5,354 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Karaya (655) may also be a first name.
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Karaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Karaya (Arabic: كرايا, Hindi: कारया, Marathi: करया, Oriya: କାରାୟା, Russian: Карая) is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Karaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Karaya is the 134,818th most commonly occurring last name globally, borne by around 1 in 2,183,207 people. The last name Karaya is mostly found in Africa, where 44 percent of Karaya are found; 43 percent are found in East Africa and 43 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 324,429th most common first name throughout the world It is held by 655 people.
It is most numerous in Kenya, where it is carried by 1,441 people, or 1 in 32,047. In Kenya Karaya is mostly found in: Nyeri County, where 18 percent live, Nakuru County, where 17 percent live and Muranga County, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account Kenya Karaya occurs in 31 countries. It also occurs in India, where 32 percent live and Thailand, where 7 percent live.
Karaya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly Orthodox (64%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Orthodox (79%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Karaya surname are 21.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 75% being registered to vote for the political party.
Karaya earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 3.55% less than the national average, earning $41,617 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Karaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karaya in the Hindi language | ||
| कारया | karaya | 94.12 |
| करया | karaya | 5.88 |
| Karaya in the Oriya language | ||
| କାରାୟା | karaya | 82.35 |
| କାରୟା | karaya | 8.82 |
| କରାୟା | karaya | 5.88 |
| କରାୟ | karaya | 2.94 |
| Karaya in the Marathi language | ||
| करया | karaya | 40 |
| कराया | karaya | 37.5 |
| काराया | karaya | 12.5 |
| कारया | karaya | 10 |
| Karaya in the Russian language | ||
| Карая | karaa | - |
| Karaya in the Arabic language | ||
| كرايا | kraya | - |
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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 Karaya
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