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
The surname Karekasa is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karekasa? popularity and diffusion
Karekasa is the 4,116,508th most commonly used family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. The surname Karekasa occurs mostly in Oceania, where 96 percent of Karekasa live; 96 percent live in Oceania Islands and 96 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Karekasa is also the 2,786,762nd most prevalent first name internationally, held by 16 people.
This surname is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 370,624. In Papua New Guinea Karekasa is mostly found in: National Capital District, where 73 percent are found and Eastern Highlands, where 27 percent are found. Beside Papua New Guinea it is found in one country. It is also found in India, where 4 percent are found.
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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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