Karoko Surname
Approximately 606 people bear this surname
Karoko Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 422 | 1:125,454 | 11,822 |
| Zimbabwe | 88 | 1:175,435 | 21,257 |
| Indonesia | 25 | 1:5,289,968 | 246,176 |
| Papua New Guinea | 24 | 1:339,738 | 45,241 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Kenya | 18 | 1:2,565,550 | 37,160 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Karoko (67) may also be a first name.
Karoko Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karoko Come From? nationality or country of origin
Karoko occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Karoko click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karoko? popularity and diffusion
The last name Karoko is the 532,873rd most commonly used last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 12,025,653 people. The last name Karoko is primarily found in Africa, where 91 percent of Karoko reside; 73 percent reside in East Africa and 73 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,191,548th most common first name worldwide. It is borne by 67 people.
The last name Karoko is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 422 people, or 1 in 125,454. In Tanzania Karoko is most numerous in: Mwanza Region, where 60 percent live, Geita Region, where 38 percent live and Manyara Region, where 1 percent live. Other than Tanzania this surname occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 15 percent live and Indonesia, where 4 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 Karoko
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