Karol Surname
Approximately 8,782 people bear this surname
Karol Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,847 | 1:196,242 | 19,348 |
| Turkey | 1,198 | 1:64,959 | 6,145 |
| Russia | 1,172 | 1:122,972 | 14,630 |
| India | 1,014 | 1:756,475 | 34,434 |
| Poland | 789 | 1:48,173 | 7,601 |
| Tanzania | 489 | 1:108,265 | 10,505 |
| Belarus | 465 | 1:20,432 | 3,440 |
| Papua New Guinea | 373 | 1:21,860 | 2,350 |
| Czechia | 131 | 1:81,172 | 13,612 |
| Slovakia | 130 | 1:41,050 | 7,674 |
| Ukraine | 115 | 1:395,850 | 47,959 |
| Uzbekistan | 93 | 1:332,571 | 8,901 |
| Canada | 92 | 1:400,496 | 35,373 |
| Brazil | 86 | 1:2,489,236 | 75,804 |
| England | 71 | 1:784,761 | 42,668 |
| France | 69 | 1:962,648 | 108,938 |
| Kazakhstan | 69 | 1:256,268 | 22,420 |
| Germany | 68 | 1:1,183,904 | 77,258 |
| Croatia | 50 | 1:84,572 | 14,311 |
| Indonesia | 39 | 1:3,391,005 | 183,158 |
| Turkmenistan | 37 | 1:148,354 | 3,025 |
| Argentina | 28 | 1:1,526,550 | 84,030 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Australia | 27 | 1:999,841 | 58,390 |
| Northern Cyprus | 26 | 1:12,270 | 3,169 |
| Azerbaijan | 22 | 1:438,596 | 8,841 |
| Moldova | 19 | 1:187,440 | 18,150 |
| Denmark | 14 | 1:403,194 | 27,097 |
| Colombia | 12 | 1:3,981,173 | 16,511 |
| Armenia | 12 | 1:244,182 | 6,167 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Netherlands | 11 | 1:1,535,198 | 78,311 |
| Paraguay | 10 | 1:723,675 | 8,089 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| Israel | 9 | 1:950,848 | 57,975 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Tajikistan | 9 | 1:931,855 | 5,350 |
| Jordan | 7 | 1:1,263,205 | 16,935 |
| Lebanon | 7 | 1:805,298 | 15,541 |
| Bulgaria | 6 | 1:1,163,151 | 37,744 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 5 | 1:1,194,531 | 65,188 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 1:1,593,356 | 8,177 |
| Transnistria | 2 | 1:237,350 | 16,204 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
The alternate forms: Károl (3) & Karól (1) are calculated separately.
Karol (276,374) may also be a first name.
Karol Demographics
Average Male Karol Height
180.86 cm
Average Female Karol Height
166.56 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Karol Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karol Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Karol (Georgian: კაროლ, Hindi: करोल, Marathi: करोल, Oriya: କାେରାଲ, Russian: Кароль) has its highest incidence in The United States. It may also occur as: Károl or Karól. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karol? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 57,646th most widely held last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 829,828 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 35 percent of Karol are found; 29 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 22 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Karol is also the 3,802nd most frequently occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 276,374 people.
It is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 1,847 people, or 1 in 196,242. In The United States Karol is mostly found in: New York, where 13 percent live, Florida, where 10 percent live and New Jersey, where 9 percent live. Apart from The United States it is found in 88 countries. It also occurs in Turkey, where 14 percent live and Russia, where 13 percent live.
Karol Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Karol has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Karol surname expanded 18,470 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 3,550 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Karol Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Orthodox (83%) in Russia, Orthodox (89%) in Belarus, Christian (100%) in Kenya, Melkite Greek Catholic (60%) in Lebanon and Orthodox (73%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Karol last name are 3.5% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 56.73% registered with the party.
The amount Karol earn in different countries varies greatly. In Colombia they earn 129.34% more than the national average, earning $52,067,000 COP per year; in United States they earn 16.28% more than the national average, earning $50,172 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.9% more than the national average, earning $59,075 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Karol Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karol in the Georgian language | ||
| კაროლ | karol | - |
| Karol in the Oriya language | ||
| କାେରାଲ | kaerala | - |
| Karol in the Hindi language | ||
| करोल | karola | 98.79 |
| कड़ोला | karola | 0.61 |
| कारोल | karola | 0.61 |
| Karol in the Marathi language | ||
| करोल | karola | 91.6 |
| करोळ | karola | 4.62 |
| कारोल | karola | 1.26 |
| केरोला | kerola | 0.42 |
| कुरोल | kurola | 0.42 |
| करॉल | karola | 0.21 |
| अरोका | aroka | 0.21 |
| Karol in the Russian language | ||
| Кароль | karol | - |
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Karol Reference & Research
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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 Karol
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