Karui Surname
Approximately 1,255 people bear this surname
Karui Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,039 | 1:44,446 | 4,605 |
| India | 179 | 1:4,285,281 | 113,539 |
| Solomon Islands | 26 | 1:22,309 | 4,345 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
Karui (236) may also be a first name.
Karui Demographics
Karui Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Karui Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karui Come From? nationality or country of origin
Karui (Hindi: करुई, Marathi: करुई) is found most frequently in Kenya. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karui? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 302,457th most frequent last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 5,806,809 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 83 percent of Karui reside; 83 percent reside in East Africa and 82 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Karui is also the 583,008th most commonly held forename internationally, held by 236 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is held by 1,039 people, or 1 in 44,446. In Kenya it is most common in: Meru County, where 99 percent are found, Kirinyaga County, where 0 percent are found and Uasin Gishu County, where 0 percent are found. Outside of Kenya this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found in India, where 14 percent are found and The Solomon Islands, where 2 percent are found.
Karui Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Karui earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 56.45% less than the national average, earning $18,792 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Karui Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karui in the Marathi language | ||
| करुई | karu'i | - |
| Karui in the Hindi language | ||
| करुई | karu'i | 66.67 |
| करूई | karu'i | 20 |
| कारूि | karui | 6.67 |
| करुइ | karu'i | 6.67 |
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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 Karui
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