Karoo Surname
Approximately 430 people bear this surname
Karoo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritius | 149 | 1:8,681 | 1,831 |
| India | 95 | 1:8,074,372 | 169,494 |
| Iran | 56 | 1:1,371,116 | 56,327 |
| England | 35 | 1:1,591,945 | 67,242 |
| Canada | 15 | 1:2,456,373 | 146,130 |
| Pakistan | 11 | 1:16,240,353 | 64,496 |
| Syria | 10 | 1:1,930,102 | 9,170 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Venezuela | 6 | 1:5,034,013 | 43,431 |
| Guyana | 6 | 1:127,037 | 7,965 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 5 | 1:272,795 | 11,064 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Saint Lucia | 3 | 1:59,594 | 2,472 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
Karoo (1,525) may also be a first name.
Karoo Demographics
Average Karoo Salary in
United States
$85,250 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Karoo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karoo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Karoo (Hindi: करू) is more commonly found in Mauritius than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karoo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 688,723rd most widely held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 16,947,781 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 43 percent of Karoo live; 38 percent live in South Asia and 35 percent live in Southern African Indian Ocean. It is also the 198,717th most frequently used given name on earth, borne by 1,525 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Mauritius, where it is held by 149 people, or 1 in 8,681. In Mauritius it is primarily found in: Pamplemousses District, where 72 percent reside, Port Louis District, where 22 percent reside and Flacq District, where 3 percent reside. Outside of Mauritius Karoo exists in 25 countries. It also occurs in India, where 22 percent reside and Iran, where 13 percent reside.
Karoo Last Name Statistics demography
Karoo earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 97.57% more than the national average, earning $85,250 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Karoo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karoo in the Hindi language | ||
| करू | karu | 73.79 |
| करूआ | karu'a | 19.31 |
| कारू | karu | 6.9 |
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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 Karoo
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