Karukuru Surname

814,680th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 342 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Karukuru Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Karukuru Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea3271:24,9352,762
India121:63,922,115578,870
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157

Karukuru (58) may also be a first name.

Karukuru Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Karukuru Come From? nationality or country of origin

Karukuru occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Karukuru? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 814,680th most frequently held last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 21,308,614 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 96 percent of Karukuru live; 96 percent live in Oceania Islands and 96 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,295,729th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 58 people.

It is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 327 people, or 1 in 24,935. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: National Capital District, where 47 percent are found, Gulf, where 37 percent are found and Central, where 12 percent are found. Other than Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 4 percent are found and Uganda, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kairukuru941/
Karikuru8828/
Kerukuru887/
Korukuru881/
Chearukuru783/
Korukoru75103/
Karikiru751/
Kouroukourou701/
Cheirukuru673/
Korokourou671/

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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 Karukuru
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