Karonjo Surname

1,214,709th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 193 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Karonjo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Karonjo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1921:240,52016,701
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Karonjo (11) may also be a first name.

Karonjo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Karonjo Come From? nationality or country of origin

Karonjo is found most in Kenya. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Karonjo? popularity and diffusion

The surname Karonjo is the 1,214,709th most frequently used last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 37,759,305 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Karonjo live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently occurring given name globally, held by 11 people.

This last name is most numerous in Kenya, where it is carried by 192 people, or 1 in 240,520. In Kenya Karonjo is most frequent in: Kiambu County, where 73 percent are found, Muranga County, where 24 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 2 percent are found. Not including Kenya this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.

Karonjo Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Karonjo
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