Karonga Surname
Approximately 4,794 people bear this surname
Karonga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 3,404 | 1:4,535 | 418 |
| Malawi | 1,098 | 1:15,591 | 2,441 |
| Tanzania | 145 | 1:365,115 | 26,840 |
| Papua New Guinea | 82 | 1:99,436 | 13,359 |
| England | 21 | 1:2,653,241 | 94,788 |
| Kenya | 16 | 1:2,886,244 | 37,784 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Karonga (232) may also be a first name.
Karonga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karonga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Karonga (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﺭﻭﻧﻜﺎ, Hindi: करोङा) has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karonga? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 98,850th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 1,520,139 people. The last name Karonga occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Karonga reside; 94 percent reside in Southern Africa and 94 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Karonga is also the 588,797th most commonly used given name internationally It is held by 232 people.
The last name Karonga is most frequently used in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 3,404 people, or 1 in 4,535. In Zimbabwe Karonga is primarily found in: Mashonaland East Province, where 41 percent are found, Harare Province, where 20 percent are found and Mashonaland Central Province, where 14 percent are found. Not including Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 19 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 23 percent are found and Tanzania, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Karonga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karonga in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﺭﻭﻧﻜﺎ | karwnka | - |
| Karonga in the Hindi language | ||
| करोङा | karona | - |
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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 Karonga
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