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
Karekare (Marathi: करेकरा) is carried by more people in New Zealand than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Karekare? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,394,033rd most frequent family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 113,867,905 people. This surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 61 percent of Karekare live; 39 percent live in Australasia and 39 percent live in Australia and New Zealand. It is also the 2,368,944th most frequently used given name on earth, borne by 21 people.
It is most commonly used in New Zealand, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 301,888. In New Zealand it is primarily found in: Bay of Plenty Region, where 53 percent live, Hawke's Bay Region, where 40 percent live and Waikato Region, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account New Zealand it occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 23 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 22 percent live.
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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