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 Karo Salary in
United States
$47,814 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Karo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Karo (Bengali: করো, Georgian: კარო, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﺭﻭ, Hindi: कारो, Marathi: कारो, Oriya: କାେରା, Russian: Каро) occurs most in Indonesia. It can also be found as: Karó, Käro, Káro or Káró. For other potential spellings of Karo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karo? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 16,616th most widely held surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 218,281 people. Karo occurs predominantly in Asia, where 74 percent of Karo live; 63 percent live in Southeast Asia and 63 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Karo is also the 29,225th most commonly held first name worldwide It is held by 28,220 people.
The last name is most widespread in Indonesia, where it is carried by 20,963 people, or 1 in 6,309. In Indonesia Karo is most common in: North Sumatra, where 85 percent live, West Java, where 3 percent live and East Nusa Tenggara, where 2 percent live. Apart from Indonesia this last name occurs in 99 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent live and Togo, where 4 percent live.
Karo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Karo has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Karo surname expanded 3,056 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Karo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Karo last name is primarily Orthodox (80%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Melkite Greek Catholic (50%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Karo surname are 9.78% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 63.01% being registered to vote for the political 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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