Karomo Surname
Approximately 1,631 people bear this surname
Karomo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 705 | 1:65,503 | 6,298 |
| DR Congo | 342 | 1:216,022 | 21,248 |
| Zimbabwe | 302 | 1:51,120 | 7,783 |
| Namibia | 157 | 1:15,347 | 2,791 |
| Papua New Guinea | 63 | 1:129,424 | 17,695 |
| Botswana | 22 | 1:99,406 | 15,343 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
Karomo (217) may also be a first name.
Karomo Demographics
Karomo Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Karomo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karomo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Karomo (Marathi: करोमोीन) is found most frequently in Kenya. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karomo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 244,303rd most commonly used family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 4,468,146 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Karomo live; 44 percent live in East Africa and 43 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 612,983rd most numerous first name world-wide, borne by 217 people.
This last name is most frequent in Kenya, where it is held by 705 people, or 1 in 65,503. In Kenya Karomo is mostly found in: Kiambu County, where 34 percent are found, Nakuru County, where 19 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 14 percent are found. Aside from Kenya it exists in 14 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 21 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 19 percent are found.
Karomo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Karomo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karomo in the Marathi language | ||
| करोमोीन | karomoina | - |
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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 Karomo
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