Karan Forename
3,557th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 295,907 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Nepal
Karan Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 100% | 253,636 | 1:4,790 | 544 |
| Pakistan | 81% | 11,078 | 1:17,544 | 1,515 |
| Nepal | 98% | 7,433 | 1:3,833 | 548 |
| United States | 82% | 7,055 | 1:51,387 | 2,851 |
| England | 73% | 2,676 | 1:20,778 | 1,306 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 2,218 | 1:9,377 | 1,424 |
| Thailand | 100% | 2,195 | 1:31,921 | 3,884 |
| Canada | 91% | 1,419 | 1:23,350 | 2,013 |
| Poland | 60% | 1,037 | 1:36,670 | 1,080 |
| Oman | 100% | 886 | 1:4,637 | 628 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 641 | 1:48,070 | 5,572 |
| Australia | - | 610 | 1:22,390 | 1,511 |
| New Zealand | - | 378 | 1:12,000 | 1,179 |
| Bangladesh | - | 367 | 1:434,500 | 16,631 |
| Guinea | 100% | 366 | 1:32,401 | 1,316 |
| Qatar | 100% | 296 | 1:8,005 | 1,287 |
| Netherlands | 69% | 249 | 1:67,880 | 4,123 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 197 | 1:1,309,460 | 75,468 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 184 | 1:7,399 | 1,180 |
| Afghanistan | 63% | 161 | 1:202,631 | 5,136 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 153 | 1:8,482 | 1,152 |
| Wales | 86% | 149 | 1:20,767 | 1,135 |
| Malaysia | 92% | 145 | 1:210,000 | 12,000 |
| Fiji | - | 144 | 1:6,197 | 1,398 |
| Suriname | - | 132 | 1:4,188 | 917 |
| Scotland | 77% | 131 | 1:40,842 | 1,425 |
| Guyana | 100% | 123 | 1:6,205 | 1,067 |
| South Africa | 59% | 121 | 1:450,683 | 22,313 |
| Singapore | 100% | 118 | 1:53,280 | 6,745 |
| Ireland | 100% | 110 | 1:42,214 | 1,478 |
| Germany | 87% | 93 | 1:1,039,547 | 8,007 |
| Kenya | - | 91 | 1:508,869 | 14,004 |
| Egypt | - | 87 | 1:1,056,333 | 18,582 |
| Kuwait | - | 85 | 1:44,533 | 4,106 |
| Bahrain | - | 74 | 1:18,225 | 2,605 |
| Brazil | 86% | 74 | 1:2,895,083 | 54,166 |
| Spain | 100% | 61 | 1:762,786 | 7,719 |
| Russia | 100% | 53 | 1:2,721,391 | 16,427 |
| Papua New Guinea | 62% | 49 | 1:166,374 | 14,464 |
| Sudan | - | 49 | 1:771,571 | 2,562 |
| Jamaica | - | 47 | 1:61,345 | 3,197 |
| China | - | 40 | 1:34,151,395 | 61,321 |
| Senegal | 95% | 40 | 1:364,534 | 5,539 |
| Iraq | 100% | 39 | 1:897,894 | 7,740 |
| Turkey | 74% | 39 | 1:1,994,916 | 14,199 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 39 | 1:183,384 | 11,968 |
| Uganda | 57% | 34 | 1:1,204,615 | 19,387 |
| Nigeria | 68% | 32 | 1:5,548,886 | 78,655 |
| Sweden | 100% | 32 | 1:308,060 | 9,282 |
| Hong Kong | - | 31 | 1:250,088 | 3,465 |
| Saint Lucia | 69% | 30 | 1:5,927 | 952 |
| Philippines | 65% | 25 | 1:4,240,379 | 76,922 |
| France | 97% | 22 | 1:3,021,379 | 14,959 |
| Lebanon | 69% | 22 | 1:255,799 | 4,758 |
| Greece | 100% | 17 | 1:643,209 | 7,655 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 16 | 1:1,485,605 | 45,572 |
| Norway | 100% | 15 | 1:342,155 | 7,099 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 14 | 1:131,653 | 1,603 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 14 | 1:3,770,594 | 24,827 |
| Iceland | - | 13 | 1:28,155 | 1,788 |
| Japan | - | 13 | 1:9,845,081 | 34,731 |
| Iran | - | 12 | 1:6,541,406 | 22,263 |
| Switzerland | 81% | 12 | 1:684,458 | 9,518 |
| Belize | 100% | 10 | 1:35,431 | 3,151 |
| Denmark | - | 9 | 1:627,722 | 8,968 |
| Georgia | 58% | 9 | 1:415,385 | 8,265 |
| Ghana | - | 9 | 1:2,998,468 | 5,965 |
| Panama | - | 9 | 1:434,062 | 12,541 |
| Somalia | - | 9 | 1:1,502,874 | 3,918 |
| Ukraine | 83% | 9 | 1:5,055,545 | 8,900 |
| Italy | 79% | 8 | 1:7,632,761 | 27,464 |
| Finland | 79% | 6 | 1:913,864 | 8,662 |
| South Korea | - | 6 | 1:924,070 | 17,138 |
| Belgium | 100% | 5 | 1:2,298,008 | 20,299 |
| Cambodia | 50% | 5 | 1:3,254,666 | 31,163 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 4 | 1:206,232 | 3,492 |
| Ethiopia | - | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 4 | 1:7,550,473 | 90,577 |
| Armenia | 100% | 3 | 1:972,918 | 8,284 |
| Azerbaijan | 50% | 3 | 1:3,214,315 | 27,427 |
| Niger | 100% | 3 | 1:6,394,665 | 47,369 |
| Peru | 67% | 3 | 1:10,597,151 | 58,549 |
| Vietnam | - | 3 | 1:30,874,371 | 5,995 |
| Zambia | - | 3 | 1:5,284,931 | 37,895 |
| Argentina | - | 2 | 1:21,386,622 | 29,627 |
| Austria | - | 2 | 1:4,257,100 | 13,469 |
| Bahamas | - | 2 | 1:199,685 | 2,758 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 2 | 1:1,762,229 | 6,852 |
| Cameroon | - | 2 | 1:10,805,252 | 86,897 |
| Czechia | - | 2 | 1:5,328,081 | 8,108 |
| Israel | 100% | 2 | 1:4,201,459 | 30,777 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 2 | 1:8,873,422 | 35,327 |
| Liberia | 50% | 2 | 1:2,206,030 | 27,695 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| Maldives | - | 2 | 1:216,952 | 3,781 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 2 | 1:55,790 | 4,636 |
| Albania | - | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Belarus | - | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Benin | - | 1 | 1:10,575,843 | 90,010 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Chile | - | 1 | 1:17,607,208 | 48,996 |
| Colombia | 100% | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1 | 1:10,431,270 | 30,761 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Estonia | 100% | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Hungary | - | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Malawi | - | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Mexico | 100% | 1 | 1:124,144,427 | 140,512 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Nicaragua | - | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| South Sudan | - | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 1 | 1:15,423,817 | 113,731 |
The alternate forms: Käran (1) are calculated separately.
Karan (182,624) may also be a surname.
Karan Forename Popularity
Karan Demographics
Karan Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 1,261 (2014)
United States
Average
Phonetically Similar Names
Karan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karan in the Russian language | ||
| Каран | karan | - |
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Footnotes
- First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
- 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 Karan