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
Karongo Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Karongo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karongo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Karongo is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Karongo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 144,280th most commonly occurring surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 2,366,086 people. Karongo is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Karongo reside; 84 percent reside in East Africa and 72 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Karongo is also the 472,030th most commonly used forename on earth. It is borne by 342 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is held by 1,370 people, or 1 in 33,708. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Kiambu County, where 29 percent are found, Kajiado County, where 25 percent are found and Nakuru County, where 12 percent are found. Apart from Kenya this last name exists in 14 countries. It also occurs 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 Karongo last name is principally 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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