Karoia Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Karoia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Karoia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karoia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Karoia is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Karoia? popularity and diffusion
The last name Karoia is the 4,532,898th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. The last name Karoia is mostly found in Oceania, where 95 percent of Karoia are found; 95 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 95 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.
This last name is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 452,984. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Eastern Highlands, where 72 percent live and Bougainville, where 28 percent live. Not including Papua New Guinea this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Russia, where 5 percent live.
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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 Karoia
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