Karayo Surname
Approximately 136 people bear this surname
Karayo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 83 | 1:556,384 | 26,876 |
| Papua New Guinea | 52 | 1:156,802 | 21,647 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Karayo (38) may also be a first name.
Karayo Demographics
Karayo Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Karayo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karayo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Karayo is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Karayo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Karayo is the 1,527,735th most frequently occurring family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 53,584,896 people. The surname Karayo is primarily found in Africa, where 61 percent of Karayo live; 61 percent live in East Africa and 61 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Karayo is also the 1,662,754th most commonly occurring forename on earth. It is borne by 38 people.
Karayo is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is carried by 83 people, or 1 in 556,384. In Kenya Karayo is primarily found in: West Pokot County, where 94 percent live, Turkana County, where 5 percent live and Baringo County, where 1 percent live. Barring Kenya this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 38 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.
Karayo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Karayo
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