Koro Surname
Approximately 14,447 people bear this surname
Koro Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 2,155 | 1:82,897 | 2,832 |
| Indonesia | 2,040 | 1:64,828 | 7,045 |
| Burkina Faso | 1,695 | 1:10,827 | 968 |
| Togo | 1,155 | 1:6,275 | 1,305 |
| Papua New Guinea | 884 | 1:9,224 | 743 |
| Nigeria | 861 | 1:205,741 | 12,274 |
| Chad | 578 | 1:23,516 | 2,818 |
| Fiji | 566 | 1:1,580 | 217 |
| Japan | 510 | 1:250,675 | 10,161 |
| Guinea | 482 | 1:24,551 | 484 |
| Albania | 406 | 1:7,177 | 1,375 |
| Ivory Coast | 311 | 1:74,184 | 4,114 |
| Niger | 228 | 1:84,176 | 3,606 |
| Benin | 223 | 1:46,348 | 5,879 |
| Finland | 196 | 1:28,044 | 3,788 |
| Lesotho | 194 | 1:10,477 | 2,384 |
| South Africa | 175 | 1:309,587 | 29,554 |
| United States | 155 | 1:2,338,445 | 144,975 |
| Zimbabwe | 138 | 1:111,871 | 15,325 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 123 | 1:28,751 | 4,562 |
| India | 115 | 1:6,670,134 | 150,358 |
| DR Congo | 103 | 1:717,277 | 51,618 |
| Kosovo | 96 | 1:19,394 | 2,331 |
| Kenya | 94 | 1:491,276 | 25,271 |
| Russia | 87 | 1:1,656,587 | 109,852 |
| Cameroon | 83 | 1:250,230 | 24,514 |
| Turkey | 73 | 1:1,066,047 | 47,221 |
| Uganda | 66 | 1:591,504 | 31,661 |
| Congo | 60 | 1:83,152 | 7,031 |
| Malaysia | 59 | 1:499,902 | 25,042 |
| Australia | 56 | 1:482,066 | 36,890 |
| Canada | 52 | 1:708,569 | 56,910 |
| Greece | 51 | 1:217,251 | 33,995 |
| Estonia | 50 | 1:26,436 | 4,834 |
| Solomon Islands | 47 | 1:12,341 | 2,242 |
| New Zealand | 35 | 1:129,381 | 15,740 |
| Sweden | 28 | 1:351,670 | 24,678 |
| Philippines | 24 | 1:4,218,259 | 160,165 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| Ethiopia | 16 | 1:6,096,641 | 11,907 |
| Croatia | 13 | 1:325,277 | 30,776 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Ukraine | 9 | 1:5,058,077 | 228,455 |
| Spain | 8 | 1:5,844,004 | 86,878 |
| Norway | 8 | 1:642,786 | 47,258 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Chile | 5 | 1:3,523,295 | 39,650 |
| Israel | 5 | 1:1,711,527 | 84,568 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 1:1,879,028 | 22,073 |
| Georgia | 3 | 1:1,248,515 | 28,066 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 1:1,728,021 | 323 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Tuvalu | 1 | 1:11,188 | 103 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
The alternate forms: Koró (19) & Kóró (60) are calculated separately.
Koro (16,487) may also be a first name.
Koro Demographics
Koro Political Affiliation
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Koro Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Koro Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Koro (Arabic: كورو, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﻮﺭﻭ, Hindi: कोरो, Marathi: कोरो, Russian: Коро) is found in Pakistan more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Koró or Kóró. For other possible spellings of Koro click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Koro? popularity and diffusion
The surname Koro is the 36,512th most widespread family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 504,433 people. The surname Koro occurs mostly in Africa, where 44 percent of Koro are found; 38 percent are found in West Africa and 23 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 43,475th most common forename at a global level, borne by 16,487 people.
The surname Koro is most frequently held in Pakistan, where it is held by 2,155 people, or 1 in 82,897. In Pakistan Koro is most prevalent in: Punjab, where 54 percent live, Sindh, where 44 percent live and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 2 percent live. Beside Pakistan this last name exists in 94 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 14 percent live and Burkina Faso, where 12 percent live.
Koro Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Koro has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Koro last name expanded 2,583 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Koro Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Christian (83%) in Kenya.
In The United States Koro are 7.48% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 60.71% being registered with the party.
The amount Koro earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 31.6% less than the national average, earning 236,711 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 40.4% less than the national average, earning R 141,624 per year; in United States they earn 4.04% more than the national average, earning $44,892 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.03% less than the national average, earning $46,688 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Koro Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Koro in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﻮﺭﻭ | kwrw | - |
| Koro in the Hindi language | ||
| कोरो | koro | - |
| Koro in the Marathi language | ||
| कोरो | koro | - |
| Koro in the Russian language | ||
| Коро | koro | - |
| Koro in the Arabic language | ||
| كورو | kwrw | - |
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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
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