Karoga Surname
Approximately 195 people bear this surname
Karoga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 173 | 1:266,936 | 17,720 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Guinea | 4 | 1:2,958,454 | 2,022 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Karoga (15) may also be a first name.
Karoga Demographics
Karoga Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Karoga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karoga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Karoga (Arabic: كروغا, Marathi: करोगा, Oriya: କାେରାଗା) is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Karoga? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,206,588th most common family name in the world, held by around 1 in 37,372,030 people. The last name Karoga is primarily found in Africa, where 91 percent of Karoga reside; 89 percent reside in East Africa and 86 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Karoga is also the 2,900,335th most frequently occurring forename at a global level, held by 15 people.
The surname is most widespread in Kenya, where it is held by 173 people, or 1 in 266,936. In Kenya it is mostly found in: Muranga County, where 70 percent live, Nyandarua County, where 20 percent live and Laikipia County, where 5 percent live. Aside from Kenya this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent live and India, where 3 percent live.
Karoga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Karoga surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Karoga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karoga in the Oriya language | ||
| କାେରାଗା | kaeraga | - |
| Karoga in the Marathi language | ||
| करोगा | karoga | 50 |
| कहोगा | kahoga | 25 |
| कारोगा | karoga | 25 |
| Karoga in the Arabic language | ||
| كروغا | krwgha | - |
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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 Karoga
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