Karo Surname
Approximately 33,386 people bear this surname
Karo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 20,963 | 1:6,309 | 810 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2,668 | 1:3,056 | 136 |
| Togo | 1,365 | 1:5,310 | 1,020 |
| Pakistan | 1,356 | 1:131,743 | 3,762 |
| Nigeria | 890 | 1:199,037 | 11,943 |
| Israel | 652 | 1:13,125 | 2,007 |
| Niger | 646 | 1:29,709 | 1,694 |
| Brazil | 644 | 1:332,414 | 12,792 |
| India | 625 | 1:1,227,305 | 48,983 |
| United States | 550 | 1:659,016 | 52,733 |
| United Arab Emirates | 466 | 1:19,662 | 2,294 |
| Russia | 289 | 1:498,696 | 46,002 |
| Benin | 269 | 1:38,422 | 4,955 |
| Slovenia | 202 | 1:12,315 | 2,948 |
| Tanzania | 191 | 1:277,181 | 21,789 |
| Estonia | 115 | 1:11,494 | 1,676 |
| Japan | 110 | 1:1,162,221 | 21,631 |
| Finland | 83 | 1:66,225 | 7,481 |
| Thailand | 75 | 1:941,845 | 145,864 |
| Australia | 73 | 1:369,804 | 30,692 |
| Philippines | 69 | 1:1,467,221 | 103,651 |
| Argentina | 68 | 1:628,580 | 44,177 |
| Mexico | 68 | 1:1,825,385 | 17,952 |
| Lithuania | 58 | 1:52,320 | 8,307 |
| Zimbabwe | 54 | 1:285,893 | 29,291 |
| Iraq | 52 | 1:673,493 | 9,953 |
| Solomon Islands | 44 | 1:13,182 | 2,418 |
| Greece | 41 | 1:270,239 | 40,426 |
| Germany | 39 | 1:2,064,243 | 111,952 |
| Sweden | 39 | 1:252,481 | 17,476 |
| England | 36 | 1:1,547,724 | 66,012 |
| Afghanistan | 30 | 1:1,071,773 | 9,936 |
| Ukraine | 29 | 1:1,569,748 | 122,792 |
| Albania | 28 | 1:104,073 | 9,868 |
| Colombia | 28 | 1:1,706,217 | 11,445 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Kenya | 26 | 1:1,776,150 | 35,982 |
| Turkey | 26 | 1:2,993,132 | 85,930 |
| Cyprus | 25 | 1:35,395 | 3,988 |
| Poland | 25 | 1:1,520,350 | 87,293 |
| Kazakhstan | 23 | 1:768,804 | 49,532 |
| France | 20 | 1:3,321,136 | 213,627 |
| Canada | 19 | 1:1,939,242 | 123,675 |
| Ivory Coast | 19 | 1:1,214,275 | 27,625 |
| Netherlands | 16 | 1:1,055,448 | 66,951 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 14 | 1:252,600 | 12,031 |
| Serbia | 14 | 1:510,353 | 19,964 |
| Taiwan | 14 | 1:1,674,625 | 11,030 |
| Lebanon | 12 | 1:469,757 | 12,312 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 1:377,360 | 28,765 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| Peru | 11 | 1:2,889,466 | 28,985 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| Armenia | 8 | 1:366,272 | 7,804 |
| Norway | 7 | 1:734,612 | 50,907 |
| Algeria | 6 | 1:6,438,592 | 53,709 |
| Belarus | 6 | 1:1,583,510 | 89,472 |
| Azerbaijan | 5 | 1:1,929,824 | 23,635 |
| Moldova | 5 | 1:712,274 | 39,996 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Somalia | 4 | 1:3,363,015 | 5,093 |
| Spain | 4 | 1:11,688,009 | 116,470 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1:5,301,949 | 30,184 |
| Georgia | 3 | 1:1,248,515 | 28,066 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| Latvia | 3 | 1:683,349 | 34,074 |
| Lesotho | 3 | 1:677,519 | 19,546 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 1:1,778,817 | 104,392 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Samoa | 1 | 1:193,808 | 1,089 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 18 | 1:2,789,927 | 129,797 |
The alternate forms: Karó (41), Käro (23), Káro (1) & Káró (65) are calculated separately.
Karo (28,220) may also be a first name.
Karo Demographics
Average Male Karo Height
176.53 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Karo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Karo (Bengali: করো, Georgian: კარო, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﺭﻭ, Hindi: कारो, Marathi: कारो, Oriya: କାେରା, Russian: Каро) is held by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Karó, Käro, Káro or Káró. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Karo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 16,616th most frequent family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 218,281 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 74 percent of Karo are found; 63 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 63 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 29,225th most numerous first name world-wide. It is borne by 28,220 people.
The last name Karo is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is held by 20,963 people, or 1 in 6,309. In Indonesia it is primarily concentrated in: North Sumatra, where 85 percent reside, West Java, where 3 percent reside and East Nusa Tenggara, where 2 percent reside. Besides Indonesia this last name exists in 99 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent reside and Togo, where 4 percent reside.
Karo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Karo has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Karo last name grew 3,056 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Karo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Orthodox (80%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Melkite Greek Catholic (50%) in Lebanon.
In The United States Karo are 9.78% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 63.01% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Karo earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 37.64% less than the national average, earning 215,800 kr per year; in Peru they earn 4.3% more than the national average, earning S/. 20,218 per year; in Colombia they earn 20.07% more than the national average, earning $27,258,100 COP per year; in United States they earn 10.81% more than the national average, earning $47,814 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.68% more than the national average, earning $52,507 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Karo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karo in the Georgian language | ||
| კარო | karo | - |
| Karo in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﺭﻭ | karw | - |
| Karo in the Bengali language | ||
| করো | karo | - |
| Karo in the Marathi language | ||
| कारो | karo | 97.14 |
| करो | karo | 2.86 |
| Karo in the Oriya language | ||
| କାେରା | kaera | 78.38 |
| କର | kara | 18.92 |
| କାର | kara | 2.7 |
| Karo in the Hindi language | ||
| कारो | karo | 59.55 |
| कैरो | kairo | 19.1 |
| करो | karo | 16.85 |
| कड़ो | karo | 3.37 |
| Karo in the Russian language | ||
| Каро | karo | - |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Karo
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