Karisa Surname
Approximately 58,631 people bear this surname
Karisa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 56,878 | 1:812 | 124 |
| Uganda | 813 | 1:48,019 | 5,886 |
| Zimbabwe | 420 | 1:36,758 | 5,689 |
| Indonesia | 197 | 1:671,316 | 52,436 |
| India | 94 | 1:8,160,270 | 170,569 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Papua New Guinea | 53 | 1:153,844 | 21,244 |
| England | 23 | 1:2,422,524 | 89,093 |
| Thailand | 20 | 1:3,531,917 | 315,217 |
| Sudan | 16 | 1:2,344,387 | 4,438 |
| United States | 15 | 1:24,163,929 | 685,360 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
Karisa (18,316) may also be a first name.
Karisa Demographics
Karisa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Karisa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karisa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Karisa (Hindi: करीसा, Marathi: करीसा, Oriya: କାରିସା) is found most in Kenya. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karisa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Karisa is the 9,629th most commonly occurring family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 124,295 people. The surname Karisa is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Karisa reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 40,316th most widely held first name throughout the world, borne by 18,316 people.
The surname is most frequent in Kenya, where it is held by 56,878 people, or 1 in 812. In Kenya it is most common in: Kilifi County, where 76 percent live, Mombasa County, where 11 percent live and Kwale County, where 5 percent live. Other than Kenya it exists in 26 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 1 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 1 percent live.
Karisa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Karisa last name is chiefly Christian (94%) in Kenya.
Karisa earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 41.84% less than the national average, earning $25,094 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Karisa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karisa in the Marathi language | ||
| करीसा | karisa | - |
| Karisa in the Hindi language | ||
| करीसा | karisa | 96.08 |
| करिसा | karisa | 3.92 |
| Karisa in the Oriya language | ||
| କାରିସା | karisa | 38.89 |
| କାରୀସା | karisa | 33.33 |
| କରିସା | karisa | 16.67 |
| କାରିଶା | karisa | 11.11 |
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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 Karisa
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