Karuja Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Karuja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Karuja (38) may also be a first name.
Karuja Demographics
Karuja Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Karuja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karuja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Karuja (Hindi: करूजा, Marathi: करुजा) has its highest incidence in Kenya. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Karuja.
How Common Is The Last Name Karuja? popularity and diffusion
Karuja is the 5,812,366th most frequent family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Karuja live; 82 percent live in East Africa and 82 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Karuja is also the 1,662,754th most commonly used first name in the world, borne by 38 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 11,544,975. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Laikipia County, where 100 percent live. Apart from Kenya Karuja exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 36 percent live and India, where 9 percent live.
Karuja Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Karuja last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Karuja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karuja in the Marathi language | ||
| करुजा | karuja | 66.67 |
| कारुजा | karuja | 33.33 |
| Karuja in the Hindi language | ||
| करूजा | karuja | 60 |
| करुजा | karuja | 40 |
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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 Karuja
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