Karii Surname
Approximately 260 people bear this surname
Karii Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 185 | 1:249,621 | 17,012 |
| India | 30 | 1:25,568,846 | 339,406 |
| Japan | 24 | 1:5,326,846 | 39,939 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Karii (114) may also be a first name.
Karii Demographics
Karii Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Karii Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karii Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Karii (Marathi: कार, Oriya: କରୀଇ, Russian: Карии) occurs most in Kenya. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karii? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 988,329th most frequently held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 28,029,023 people. The surname Karii occurs mostly in Africa, where 73 percent of Karii reside; 72 percent reside in East Africa and 41 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 877,214th most numerous first name world-wide. It is borne by 114 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is carried by 185 people, or 1 in 249,621. In Kenya Karii is mostly found in: Kiambu County, where 45 percent are found, West Pokot County, where 42 percent are found and Muranga County, where 5 percent are found. Besides Kenya this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in India, where 12 percent are found and Japan, where 9 percent are found.
Karii Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Karii last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Karii Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karii in the Oriya language | ||
| କରୀଇ | kari'i | - |
| Karii in the Marathi language | ||
| कार | kara | - |
| Karii in the Russian language | ||
| Карии | karii | - |
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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 Karii
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