Kareok Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Kareok Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Kareok (19) may also be a first name.
Kareok Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kareok Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kareok is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Kareok click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kareok? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kareok is the 4,908,606th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The surname Kareok occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 94 percent of Kareok live; 94 percent live in Oceania Islands and 94 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,523,061st most frequent first name in the world It is held by 19 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 543,581. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: Enga, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kareyok | 92 | 9 | / |
| Kariok | 83 | 8 | / |
| Karyok | 83 | 6 | / |
| Karjok | 83 | 1 | / |
| Kharyok | 77 | 47 | / |
| Kariouk | 77 | 22 | / |
| Karioke | 77 | 2 | / |
| Khareak | 77 | 1 | / |
| Kayreak | 77 | 1 | / |
| Katreňák | 71 | 21 | / |
| Katreňak | 71 | 4 | / |
| Karjouck | 71 | 3 | / |
| Khariouk | 71 | 2 | / |
| Karyuk | 67 | 1,605 | / |
| Kariuk | 67 | 198 | / |
| Karyak | 67 | 36 | / |
| Kariak | 67 | 17 | / |
| Karjak | 67 | 12 | / |
| Karjuk | 67 | 8 | / |
| Qaryok | 67 | 1 | / |
| Koryok | 67 | 1 | / |
| Koreak | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kerjok | 67 | 1 | / |
| Cariok | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Kareok
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