Karools Surname

564,325th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 561 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Namibia

Karools Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Karools Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa5211:103,98812,572
Namibia351:68,8407,364
Lesotho51:406,51217,363

Karools (728) may also be a first name.

Karools Last Name Facts

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

Karools is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Karools? popularity and diffusion

The last name Karools is the 564,325th most frequently occurring family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 12,990,278 people. The surname Karools occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Karools are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 305,710th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, borne by 728 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 521 people, or 1 in 103,988. In South Africa Karools is most frequent in: Western Cape, where 58 percent are found, Eastern Cape, where 16 percent are found and Gauteng, where 12 percent are found. Apart from South Africa this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Namibia, where 6 percent are found and Lesotho, where 1 percent are found.

Karools Last Name Statistics demography

Karools earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 34.81% less than the national average, earning R 154,908 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Karrools9314/
Karooles9310/
Karoolse931/
Karols9293/
Karoles86169/
Carools869/
Karolse864/
Karol's861/
Kayrols861/
Korools861/
Karoels861/
Kerools861/
Karouls861/
Karoules8010/
Karoulse801/
Carols77111/
Korols77108/
Kerols7712/
Karals772/
Caroles71485/
Keroles71279/
Karales71170/
Caerols71137/
Cairols7181/
Carrols7148/
Cayrols7137/
Koroles7113/
Karules717/
Carolse714/
Kerolss714/
Karalse713/
Carolls713/
Carol's711/
Cargoles6741/
Carrolls6719/
Katrales6710/
Katrolze674/
Karalles673/
Carroles672/
Gkeroles671/
Carolles671/
Kerhouls671/
Caroless670/
Carolsce670/

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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 Karools
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