Karooa Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Karooa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritius | 4 | 1:323,354 | 10,053 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Karooa (106) may also be a first name.
Karooa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karooa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Karooa (Hindi: करूआ) occurs more in Mauritius more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Karooa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,723,624th most frequently held surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Karooa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Karooa reside; 50 percent reside in Southern Africa and 50 percent reside in Southern African Indian Ocean. Karooa is also the 915,176th most commonly held first name on earth, borne by 106 people.
This last name is most numerous in Mauritius, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 323,354. In Mauritius it is most frequent in: Plaines Wilhems District, where 100 percent reside. Other than Mauritius it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 38 percent reside and Australia, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Karooa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karooa in the Hindi language | ||
| करूआ | karu'a | - |
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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 Karooa
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