Karitia Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ivory Coast
Highest density in:
Ivory Coast

Karitia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Karitia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ivory Coast411:562,71317,068
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Karitia (870) may also be a first name.

Karitia Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Karitia Come From? nationality or country of origin

Karitia is held by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Karitia.

How Common Is The Last Name Karitia? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,017,195th most frequently used family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. Karitia occurs mostly in Africa, where 79 percent of Karitia are found; 79 percent are found in West Africa and 69 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 275,855th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, borne by 870 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 41 people, or 1 in 562,713. In The Ivory Coast Karitia is mostly concentrated in: Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 41 percent reside, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 20 percent reside and Savanes District, where 20 percent reside. Outside of The Ivory Coast it exists in one country. It is also common in Brazil, where 2 percent reside.

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Karitia
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