Karuria Surname
Approximately 59 people bear this surname
Karuria Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 57 | 1:810,174 | 31,920 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Karuria Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karuria Come From? nationality or country of origin
Karuria occurs more in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Karuria? popularity and diffusion
The last name Karuria is the 2,506,728th most commonly held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 123,517,727 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Karuria are found; 97 percent are found in East Africa and 97 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 57 people, or 1 in 810,174. In Kenya Karuria is mostly found in: Kirinyaga County, where 75 percent are found, Muranga County, where 16 percent are found and Kiambu County, where 7 percent are found. Excluding Kenya Karuria exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent are found and India, where 2 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 Karuria
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