Karotu Surname
Approximately 866 people bear this surname
Karotu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kiribati | 557 | 1:204 | 16 |
| India | 266 | 1:2,883,704 | 87,658 |
| Solomon Islands | 23 | 1:25,219 | 4,941 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
Karotu (501) may also be a first name.
Karotu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karotu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Karotu is held by more people in Kiribati than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karotu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 404,712th most numerous last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 8,415,180 people. It occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 69 percent of Karotu are found; 69 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 64 percent are found in Micronesia. Karotu is also the 378,831st most commonly held first name worldwide, borne by 501 people.
The last name Karotu is most numerous in Kiribati, where it is carried by 557 people, or 1 in 204. Outside of Kiribati this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also found in India, where 31 percent are found and The Solomon Islands, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Karotu
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