Kariga Surname
Approximately 656 people bear this surname
Kariga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 385 | 1:35,304 | 4,109 |
| Zimbabwe | 113 | 1:136,622 | 17,842 |
| Papua New Guinea | 44 | 1:185,312 | 25,733 |
| Uganda | 31 | 1:1,259,332 | 49,678 |
| Japan | 24 | 1:5,326,846 | 39,939 |
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
| Kenya | 15 | 1:3,078,660 | 38,128 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kariga (98) may also be a first name.
Kariga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kariga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kariga (Hindi: करिगा, Marathi: कािरगा, Oriya: କାରିଗା, Russian: Карига) is held by more people in Chad than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kariga? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 501,369th most prevalent surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 11,109,064 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 87 percent of Kariga reside; 63 percent reside in West Africa and 59 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 956,749th most commonly occurring given name globally, held by 98 people.
The last name is most widely held in Chad, where it is borne by 385 people, or 1 in 35,304. Without taking into account Chad this surname is found in 17 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 17 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kariga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kariga in the Oriya language | ||
| କାରିଗା | kariga | - |
| Kariga in the Hindi language | ||
| करिगा | kariga | 66.67 |
| कारिगा | kariga | 22.22 |
| करीगा | kariga | 11.11 |
| Kariga in the Marathi language | ||
| कािरगा | kairaga | 66.67 |
| करीगा | kariga | 33.33 |
| Kariga in the Russian language | ||
| Карига | kariga | - |
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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 Kariga
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