Kareko Surname
Approximately 532 people bear this surname
Kareko Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 364 | 1:126,868 | 10,482 |
| Papua New Guinea | 49 | 1:166,402 | 23,077 |
| New Zealand | 39 | 1:116,111 | 14,715 |
| Zimbabwe | 39 | 1:395,852 | 35,770 |
| Indonesia | 20 | 1:6,612,460 | 283,723 |
| Lebanon | 8 | 1:704,635 | 14,756 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
Kareko (32) may also be a first name.
Kareko Demographics
Kareko Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kareko Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kareko Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kareko is most common in Kenya. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kareko? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 587,571st most commonly used surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 13,698,395 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 76 percent of Kareko reside; 68 percent reside in East Africa and 68 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Kareko is also the 1,840,253rd most frequently occurring first name worldwide, held by 32 people.
The surname Kareko is most common in Kenya, where it is held by 364 people, or 1 in 126,868. In Kenya Kareko is primarily found in: Nairobi County, where 28 percent live, Nyeri County, where 21 percent live and Kiambu County, where 19 percent live. Barring Kenya this last name exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 9 percent live and New Zealand, where 7 percent live.
Kareko Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya and Latin Catholic (67%) in Lebanon.
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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 Kareko
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