Karunkar Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Karunkar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 50 | 1:15,341,308 | 250,737 |
| Iran | 7 | 1:10,968,932 | 186,522 |
Karunkar (297) may also be a first name.
Karunkar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karunkar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Karunkar (Hindi: करूणकर, Marathi: करुणकर) has its highest incidence in India. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Karunkar.
How Common Is The Last Name Karunkar? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,555,468th most widespread family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 127,851,683 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Karunkar reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 88 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 511,663rd most frequently used first name throughout the world, held by 297 people.
This last name is most widespread in India, where it is borne by 50 people, or 1 in 15,341,308. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Telangana, where 70 percent are found, Maharashtra, where 22 percent are found and Andhra Pradesh, where 6 percent are found. Excluding India it is found in one country. It is also found in Iran, where 12 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Karunkar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karunkar in the Hindi language | ||
| करूणकर | karunakara | 50 |
| करुणकर | karunakara | 45 |
| करुनकर | karunakara | 5 |
| Karunkar in the Marathi language | ||
| करुणकर | karunakara | 37.04 |
| करुणाकर | karunakara | 18.52 |
| करुंकार | karunkara | 14.81 |
| करु | karu | 7.41 |
| अरुण | aruna | 7.41 |
| करुन्कर | karunkara | 3.7 |
| करुनकर | karunakara | 3.7 |
| न्कर | nkara | 3.7 |
| करूनाकर | karunakara | 3.7 |
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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 Karunkar
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