Karekare Surname
Approximately 64 people bear this surname
Karekare Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | 15 | 1:301,888 | 25,890 |
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
Karekare (21) may also be a first name.
Karekare Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karekare Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Karekare (Marathi: करेकरा) occurs most in New Zealand. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karekare? popularity and diffusion
The last name Karekare is the 2,394,033rd most frequently held last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 113,867,905 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 61 percent of Karekare live; 39 percent live in Australasia and 39 percent live in Australia and New Zealand. Karekare is also the 2,368,944th most commonly held first name in the world, borne by 21 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in New Zealand, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 301,888. In New Zealand Karekare is mostly concentrated in: Bay of Plenty Region, where 53 percent are found, Hawke's Bay Region, where 40 percent are found and Waikato Region, where 7 percent are found. Besides New Zealand this surname occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 23 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 22 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Karekare Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karekare in the Marathi language | ||
| करेकरा | karekara | - |
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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 Karekare
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