Karuge Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Karuge Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 23 | 1:2,007,822 | 36,224 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Karuge Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karuge Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Karuge is found most in Kenya. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Karuge? popularity and diffusion
The surname Karuge is the 3,798,600th most commonly occurring surname internationally, held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Karuge live; 89 percent live in East Africa and 85 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
Karuge is most numerous in Kenya, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 2,007,822. In Kenya Karuge is most numerous in: Kiambu County, where 39 percent are found, Nyeri County, where 39 percent are found and Nakuru County, where 17 percent are found. Without taking into account Kenya this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 11 percent are found and Tanzania, where 4 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
- 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 Karuge
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