Karekasa Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Karekasa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Karekasa (16) may also be a first name.
Karekasa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karekasa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Karekasa has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Karekasa? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,116,508th most commonly held surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. The last name is mostly found in Oceania, where 96 percent of Karekasa reside; 96 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 96 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Karekasa is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently held first name at a global level, borne by 16 people.
The last name Karekasa is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 370,624. In Papua New Guinea Karekasa is most numerous in: National Capital District, where 73 percent live and Eastern Highlands, where 27 percent live. Barring Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in India, where 4 percent live.
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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 Karekasa
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