Kareo Surname
Approximately 4,055 people bear this surname
Kareo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 3,818 | 1:10,225 | 1,741 |
| Papua New Guinea | 143 | 1:57,019 | 7,266 |
| Thailand | 77 | 1:917,381 | 143,219 |
| Burkina Faso | 7 | 1:2,621,729 | 17,588 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Kareo (114) may also be a first name.
Kareo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kareo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kareo is found in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kareo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kareo is the 114,027th most commonly held surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 1,797,175 people. The surname Kareo is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Kareo are found; 94 percent are found in East Africa and 65 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Kareo is also the 877,214th most prevalent first name world-wide, held by 114 people.
The surname is most widespread in Uganda, where it is borne by 3,818 people, or 1 in 10,225. In Uganda Kareo is most numerous in: Adjumani District, where 67 percent are found, Moyo District, where 29 percent are found and Yumbe District, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Uganda Kareo exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent are found and Thailand, where 2 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 Kareo
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