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 last name Karoo (Hindi: करू) occurs in Mauritius more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Karoo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 688,723rd most numerous family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 16,947,781 people. The surname is mostly 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 widespread forename globally, held by 1,525 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Mauritius, where it is borne by 149 people, or 1 in 8,681. In Mauritius it is most numerous in: Pamplemousses District, where 72 percent are found, Port Louis District, where 22 percent are found and Flacq District, where 3 percent are found. Besides Mauritius this last name occurs in 25 countries. It also occurs in India, where 22 percent are found and Iran, where 13 percent are found.
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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