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 has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Karoko.
How Common Is The Last Name Karoko? popularity and diffusion
It is the 532,873rd most frequently held surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 12,025,653 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Karoko reside; 73 percent reside in East Africa and 73 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Karoko is also the 1,191,548th most common first name world-wide, held by 67 people.
The last name Karoko is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 422 people, or 1 in 125,454. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Mwanza Region, where 60 percent are found, Geita Region, where 38 percent are found and Manyara Region, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 15 percent are found and Indonesia, where 4 percent are found.
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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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