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
Karii (Marathi: कार, Oriya: କରୀଇ, Russian: Карии) is most common in Kenya. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Karii? popularity and diffusion
The last name Karii is the 988,329th most prevalent surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 28,029,023 people. The last name occurs predominantly 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 widely held given name on earth, held by 114 people.
The last name Karii is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 185 people, or 1 in 249,621. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Kiambu County, where 45 percent live, West Pokot County, where 42 percent live and Muranga County, where 5 percent live. Apart from Kenya it exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in India, where 12 percent live and Japan, where 9 percent live.
Karii Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Karii surname is principally 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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