Karongo Surname
Approximately 3,080 people bear this surname
Karongo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,370 | 1:33,708 | 3,665 |
| Uganda | 892 | 1:43,766 | 5,484 |
| Tanzania | 324 | 1:163,400 | 14,541 |
| DR Congo | 301 | 1:245,447 | 23,516 |
| Zimbabwe | 98 | 1:157,533 | 19,794 |
| Solomon Islands | 31 | 1:18,711 | 3,619 |
| Papua New Guinea | 29 | 1:281,163 | 38,188 |
| United States | 15 | 1:24,163,929 | 685,360 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Karongo (342) may also be a first name.
Karongo Demographics
Average Karongo Salary in
United States
$48,469 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Karongo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karongo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Karongo is most common in Kenya. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Karongo.
How Common Is The Last Name Karongo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Karongo is the 144,280th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 2,366,086 people. Karongo is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Karongo are found; 84 percent are found in East Africa and 72 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Karongo is also the 472,030th most commonly occurring forename worldwide, held by 342 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 1,370 people, or 1 in 33,708. In Kenya Karongo is most common in: Kiambu County, where 29 percent are found, Kajiado County, where 25 percent are found and Nakuru County, where 12 percent are found. Besides Kenya Karongo exists in 14 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 29 percent are found and Tanzania, where 11 percent are found.
Karongo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Karongo earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 12.33% more than the national average, earning $48,469 USD per year.
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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 Karongo
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