Karenje Surname
Approximately 80 people bear this surname
Karenje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 77 | 1:200,497 | 23,224 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Karenje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karenje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Karenje (Marathi: करजे) is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Karenje click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karenje? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,106,139th most frequently used family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 91,094,324 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Karenje reside; 96 percent reside in Southern Africa and 96 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 77 people, or 1 in 200,497. In Zimbabwe it is mostly found in: Manicaland Province, where 47 percent live, Harare Province, where 22 percent live and Mashonaland East Province, where 19 percent live. Outside of Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 3 percent live and Kenya, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Karenje Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karenje in the Marathi language | ||
| करजे | karaje | 50 |
| करंजे | karanje | 50 |
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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 Karenje
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