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 found most in Kenya. It can be rendered as:. 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 last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 13,698,395 people. Kareko occurs mostly in Africa, where 76 percent of Kareko live; 68 percent live in East Africa and 68 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,840,253rd most widely held forename at a global level, borne by 32 people.
The surname Kareko is most widespread in Kenya, where it is borne by 364 people, or 1 in 126,868. In Kenya Kareko is most common in: Nairobi County, where 28 percent reside, Nyeri County, where 21 percent reside and Kiambu County, where 19 percent reside. Besides Kenya this surname occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 9 percent reside and New Zealand, where 7 percent reside.
Kareko Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly 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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