Karaye Surname
Approximately 559 people bear this surname
Karaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 448 | 1:395,408 | 20,799 |
| India | 40 | 1:19,176,635 | 286,670 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
| Mauritania | 7 | 1:584,980 | 20,004 |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 1:1,164,817 | 109,517 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Karaye (398) may also be a first name.
Karaye Demographics
Karaye Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Karaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Karaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺮﻱ, Hindi: कराई, Marathi: कराये) is most common in Nigeria. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Karaye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karaye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 565,867th most commonly used surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 13,036,755 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Karaye reside; 83 percent reside in West Africa and 80 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Karaye is also the 432,848th most prevalent given name internationally. It is borne by 398 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 448 people, or 1 in 395,408. In Nigeria Karaye is most numerous in: Kano, where 51 percent reside, Kaduna, where 13 percent reside and Sokoto, where 10 percent reside. Besides Nigeria Karaye occurs in 14 countries. It is also found in India, where 7 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 5 percent reside.
Karaye Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is principally Muslim (100%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Karaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺮﻱ | kry | - |
| Karaye in the Hindi language | ||
| कराई | kara'i | - |
| Karaye in the Marathi language | ||
| कराये | karaye | 76.19 |
| कारये | karaye | 9.52 |
| करयेांती | karayeanti | 4.76 |
| करये | karaye | 4.76 |
| करायेाने | karayeane | 4.76 |
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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 Karaye
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