Karou Surname
Approximately 1,461 people bear this surname
Karou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 449 | 1:86,039 | 13,309 |
| Togo | 420 | 1:17,257 | 5,159 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| Niger | 121 | 1:158,612 | 5,735 |
| Cameroon | 85 | 1:244,342 | 24,081 |
| Papua New Guinea | 63 | 1:129,424 | 17,695 |
| Ivory Coast | 30 | 1:769,041 | 20,891 |
| Cambodia | 24 | 1:645,298 | 4,626 |
| Benin | 23 | 1:449,374 | 31,324 |
| Cyprus | 20 | 1:44,244 | 4,510 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| Greece | 10 | 1:1,107,979 | 84,839 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Tunisia | 7 | 1:87,232 | 13,677 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Karou (2,456) may also be a first name.
Karou Demographics
Average Karou Salary in
United States
$74,250 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Karou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Karou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﺭﻭ, Hindi: कारौ, Russian: Кароу) is more commonly found in Algeria than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Karou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Karou is the 267,389th most frequently used family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 4,988,053 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Karou live; 45 percent live in West Africa and 43 percent live in Mahgreb. Karou is also the 149,252nd most frequently occurring first name worldwide It is held by 2,456 people.
Karou is most commonly used in Algeria, where it is carried by 449 people, or 1 in 86,039. In Algeria it is most frequent in: Bouïra Province, where 99 percent are found, Aïn Témouchent Province, where 0 percent are found and Algiers Province, where 0 percent are found. Outside of Algeria this surname occurs in 29 countries. It is also found in Togo, where 29 percent are found and Morocco, where 12 percent are found.
Karou Last Name Statistics demography
Karou earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 72.08% more than the national average, earning $74,250 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Karou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﺭﻭ | karw | 72.73 |
| ﻛﺮﻭ | krw | 9.09 |
| ﻗﺎﺭﻭ | qarw | 9.09 |
| ﻏﺎﺭ | ghar | 9.09 |
| Karou in the Hindi language | ||
| कारौ | karau | 50 |
| करौ | karau | 25 |
| करोउ | karo'u | 25 |
| Karou in the Russian language | ||
| Кароу | karou | - |
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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 Karou
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