Kariok Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Kariok Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kariok Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kariok Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kariok is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Kariok click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kariok? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kariok is the 6,723,624th most frequently used family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Kariok occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 50 percent of Kariok live; 50 percent live in Oceania Islands and 50 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
The surname Kariok is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 2,038,429. In Papua New Guinea Kariok is most prevalent in: Jiwaka, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 25 percent are found and Kenya, where 13 percent are found.
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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 Kariok
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