Karoy Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Karoy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 10 | 1:14,412,306 | 394,810 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Karoy (68) may also be a first name.
Karoy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karoy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Karoy (Arabic: كروى, Russian: Карой) is more frequently found in Russia than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Karoy click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karoy? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,602,217th most commonly held family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. The surname Karoy occurs predominantly in Asia, where 43 percent of Karoy reside; 30 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 27 percent reside in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 1,181,159th most common first name in the world, borne by 68 people.
The surname Karoy is most frequently occurring in Russia, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 14,412,306. In Russia it is most numerous in: Chelyabinsk Oblast, where 30 percent are found, Saint Petersburg, where 30 percent are found and Autonomous Republic of Crimea, where 20 percent are found. Other than Russia it exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 20 percent are found and Indonesia, where 17 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Karoy Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karoy in the Russian language | ||
| Карой | karoj | - |
| Karoy in the Arabic language | ||
| كروى | krwy | - |
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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 Karoy
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