Karea Surname
Approximately 555 people bear this surname
Karea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 302 | 1:152,914 | 12,145 |
| Papua New Guinea | 201 | 1:40,566 | 4,927 |
| Niger | 33 | 1:581,576 | 14,627 |
| Solomon Islands | 7 | 1:82,861 | 15,196 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Karea (268) may also be a first name.
Karea Demographics
Karea Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Karea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karea Come From? nationality or country of origin
Karea (Hindi: कारेआ, Marathi: करार, Russian: Кареа) occurs more in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karea? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 568,972nd most numerous last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 13,130,713 people. Karea is mostly found in Africa, where 61 percent of Karea reside; 55 percent reside in East Africa and 54 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Karea is also the 543,171st most widely held first name world-wide, borne by 268 people.
The surname Karea is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is borne by 302 people, or 1 in 152,914. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Meru County, where 67 percent are found, Tharaka Nithi County, where 32 percent are found and Kericho County, where 0 percent are found. Other than Kenya it exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 36 percent are found and Niger, where 6 percent are found.
Karea Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Karea Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karea in the Hindi language | ||
| कारेआ | kare'a | - |
| Karea in the Marathi language | ||
| करार | karara | - |
| Karea in the Russian language | ||
| Кареа | karea | - |
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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 Karea
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