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 last name Kareo is found in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kareo? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 114,027th most frequently occurring surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,797,175 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Kareo live; 94 percent live in East Africa and 65 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 877,214th most frequently used first name worldwide It is held by 114 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is borne by 3,818 people, or 1 in 10,225. In Uganda Kareo is mostly found in: Adjumani District, where 67 percent live, Moyo District, where 29 percent live and Yumbe District, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Uganda this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent live and Thailand, where 2 percent live.
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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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