Karonge Surname
Approximately 72 people bear this surname
Karonge Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 53 | 1:998,898 | 45,319 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Karonge Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karonge Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Karonge occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Karonge? popularity and diffusion
The surname Karonge is the 2,237,939th most numerous family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 101,215,916 people. Karonge occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Karonge live; 86 percent live in East Africa and 86 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Karonge is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 53 people, or 1 in 998,898. In Tanzania Karonge is mostly found in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 75 percent are found, Mbeya Region, where 17 percent are found and Morogoro Region, where 8 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 13 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 6 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 Karonge
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