Karelak Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Karelak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Karelak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karelak Come From? nationality or country of origin
Karelak is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karelak? popularity and diffusion
The surname Karelak is the 6,063,924th most commonly held family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Karelak reside; 90 percent reside in East Africa and 90 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The last name Karelak is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 5,131,100. In Kenya it is most numerous in: West Pokot County, where 100 percent reside. Barring Kenya this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in India, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karolak | 86 | 7,305 | / |
| Carelak | 86 | 124 | / |
| Karalak | 86 | 20 | / |
| Karylak | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kerelak | 86 | 1 | / |
| Korzelak | 80 | 6 | / |
| Keereelak | 75 | 19 | / |
| Khairalak | 75 | 4 | / |
| Korolak | 71 | 81 | / |
| Karalag | 71 | 61 | / |
| Korylak | 71 | 37 | / |
| Carolak | 71 | 27 | / |
| Kheereelak | 71 | 10 | / |
| Karolac | 71 | 6 | / |
| Korelac | 71 | 5 | / |
| Karalac | 71 | 5 | / |
| Caralak | 71 | 3 | / |
| Qaralak | 71 | 3 | / |
| Karolák | 71 | 2 | / |
| Khairallak | 71 | 2 | / |
| Koralak | 71 | 1 | / |
| Carelag | 71 | 1 | / |
| Karalok | 71 | 1 | / |
| Carelock | 67 | 817 | / |
| Koroliak | 67 | 400 | / |
| Korolyak | 67 | 129 | / |
| Korelyakova | 67 | 115 | / |
| Kheralak | 67 | 26 | / |
| Karlehag | 67 | 19 | / |
| Carelook | 67 | 1 | / |
| Korilyak | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Karelak
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