Karen Forename
160th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 3,049,083 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Palau
Karen Forename Definition:
A female name. Danish form of Katharine (q.v.), popularized in the USA by Scandinavians.
Karen Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 1,584,764 | 1:229 | 23 |
| England | 100% | 282,743 | 1:197 | 28 |
| Canada | 100% | 142,348 | 1:233 | 16 |
| Philippines | 99% | 98,933 | 1:1,072 | 214 |
| Mexico | 100% | 84,903 | 1:1,462 | 260 |
| Brazil | 100% | 78,581 | 1:2,726 | 409 |
| Australia | - | 70,684 | 1:193 | 18 |
| Chile | 100% | 43,042 | 1:409 | 90 |
| South Africa | 100% | 36,808 | 1:1,482 | 220 |
| Armenia | 90% | 34,641 | 1:84 | 7 |
| Honduras | 100% | 32,207 | 1:274 | 34 |
| Scotland | 100% | 31,980 | 1:167 | 30 |
| Denmark | - | 27,414 | 1:206 | 42 |
| Ecuador | - | 27,001 | 1:657 | 142 |
| Peru | 100% | 26,102 | 1:1,218 | 242 |
| Germany | 100% | 23,381 | 1:4,135 | 463 |
| New Zealand | - | 23,356 | 1:194 | 16 |
| Colombia | 100% | 21,496 | 1:2,223 | 305 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 21,341 | 1:1,415 | 224 |
| Russia | 98% | 19,927 | 1:7,238 | 319 |
| Israel | 99% | 18,014 | 1:466 | 66 |
| Kenya | 100% | 17,529 | 1:2,642 | 474 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 17,322 | 1:976 | 211 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 16,714 | 1:285 | 37 |
| Wales | 100% | 14,510 | 1:213 | 34 |
| Ireland | 100% | 13,726 | 1:338 | 63 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 12,788 | 1:471 | 72 |
| France | 100% | 10,946 | 1:6,073 | 491 |
| Guatemala | 98% | 10,799 | 1:1,492 | 305 |
| El Salvador | - | 10,349 | 1:613 | 111 |
| Belgium | 100% | 10,270 | 1:1,119 | 267 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 9,952 | 1:1,065 | 265 |
| Sudan | - | 8,527 | 1:4,434 | 706 |
| Norway | 100% | 8,495 | 1:604 | 160 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 7,835 | 1:235 | 46 |
| Jamaica | - | 7,634 | 1:378 | 59 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 6,348 | 1:3,722 | 817 |
| Ghana | 100% | 6,068 | 1:4,447 | 583 |
| Mozambique | - | 5,760 | 1:4,730 | 908 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 5,702 | 1:1,829 | 286 |
| Spain | 96% | 5,325 | 1:8,738 | 701 |
| Egypt | 99% | 4,620 | 1:19,892 | 1,531 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 4,604 | 1:6,693 | 1,031 |
| Panama | 100% | 4,410 | 1:886 | 144 |
| Lebanon | 98% | 4,397 | 1:1,280 | 273 |
| Zambia | - | 4,141 | 1:3,829 | 592 |
| India | 61% | 3,859 | 1:314,817 | 28,882 |
| Malaysia | 96% | 3,751 | 1:8,118 | 947 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 3,657 | 1:937 | 180 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 3,645 | 1:1,985 | 427 |
| Syria | - | 3,322 | 1:5,812 | 657 |
| Argentina | 100% | 3,146 | 1:13,596 | 770 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 3,112 | 1:437 | 37 |
| Malawi | 98% | 2,919 | 1:5,862 | 810 |
| China | - | 2,817 | 1:484,933 | 25,713 |
| Thailand | 99% | 2,425 | 1:28,893 | 3,632 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 2,174 | 1:14,161 | 1,549 |
| Singapore | 100% | 2,139 | 1:2,939 | 426 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 2,075 | 1:10,024 | 1,498 |
| Hong Kong | - | 2,015 | 1:3,848 | 291 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 1,905 | 1:135,414 | 14,306 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 1,812 | 1:29,133 | 2,591 |
| Guyana | 100% | 1,583 | 1:482 | 25 |
| Georgia | 100% | 1,569 | 1:2,383 | 378 |
| Papua New Guinea | 97% | 1,556 | 1:5,239 | 556 |
| Kuwait | - | 1,520 | 1:2,490 | 351 |
| Bahamas | - | 1,516 | 1:263 | 38 |
| Angola | 100% | 1,485 | 1:18,159 | 1,621 |
| Qatar | 100% | 1,470 | 1:1,612 | 151 |
| Poland | 87% | 1,367 | 1:27,818 | 906 |
| Gabon | 100% | 1,363 | 1:1,382 | 327 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 1,313 | 1:6,256 | 793 |
| Ukraine | 97% | 1,235 | 1:36,842 | 484 |
| Zimbabwe | 98% | 1,188 | 1:12,983 | 1,634 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1,167 | 1:3,042 | 329 |
| Sweden | 94% | 1,021 | 1:9,655 | 861 |
| Malta | - | 926 | 1:464 | 108 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 916 | 1:193,848 | 8,504 |
| Samoa | - | 913 | 1:214 | 37 |
| Barbados | - | 863 | 1:336 | 69 |
| Iceland | 99% | 844 | 1:434 | 81 |
| Belize | 100% | 832 | 1:426 | 34 |
| Tonga | - | 830 | 1:129 | 24 |
| Bangladesh | - | 825 | 1:193,287 | 10,074 |
| Italy | 100% | 801 | 1:76,232 | 1,642 |
| Fiji | - | 719 | 1:1,241 | 307 |
| Portugal | - | 719 | 1:14,480 | 785 |
| Morocco | - | 682 | 1:50,365 | 2,091 |
| Oman | - | 638 | 1:6,440 | 846 |
| Greece | 100% | 634 | 1:17,247 | 903 |
| Iran | 100% | 596 | 1:131,706 | 2,932 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 589 | 1:108 | 17 |
| Jersey | 100% | 519 | 1:193 | 31 |
| Greenland | - | 511 | 1:110 | 10 |
| Japan | 100% | 454 | 1:281,908 | 8,244 |
| Kazakhstan | 93% | 445 | 1:39,881 | 1,791 |
| Uganda | 99% | 439 | 1:93,296 | 4,373 |
| Palau | - | 410 | 1:53 | 18 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 379 | 1:290 | 22 |
| Vanuatu | - | 371 | 1:706 | 186 |
| Bahrain | - | 370 | 1:3,645 | 583 |
| Taiwan | 58% | 349 | 1:68,108 | 9,289 |
| Bermuda | - | 347 | 1:187 | 14 |
| Austria | 100% | 336 | 1:25,340 | 1,049 |
| Namibia | - | 329 | 1:7,308 | 969 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 325 | 1:831 | 189 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 304 | 1:327 | 14 |
| Estonia | 51% | 297 | 1:4,429 | 698 |
| Belarus | 94% | 293 | 1:32,363 | 475 |
| Cuba | - | 293 | 1:39,272 | 1,387 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 272 | 1:313 | 102 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 267 | 1:31,367 | 1,816 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 254 | 1:21,547 | 547 |
| Cameroon | - | 249 | 1:86,789 | 4,773 |
| Botswana | 100% | 248 | 1:8,808 | 1,311 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 242 | 1:2,331 | 343 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 229 | 1:268 | 25 |
| Turkey | 55% | 203 | 1:383,260 | 6,141 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 193 | 1:180 | 12 |
| Guam | - | 192 | 1:837 | 176 |
| Brunei | - | 176 | 1:2,384 | 246 |
| Iraq | 100% | 174 | 1:201,252 | 3,488 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 173 | 1:645 | 56 |
| Grenada | 100% | 172 | 1:629 | 99 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 170 | 1:323 | 22 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 163 | 1:3,564 | 512 |
| Haiti | 100% | 161 | 1:66,627 | 4,166 |
| Liberia | 98% | 158 | 1:27,924 | 1,759 |
| Czechia | 93% | 152 | 1:70,106 | 984 |
| Suriname | 100% | 148 | 1:3,735 | 834 |
| Saint Lucia | 97% | 146 | 1:1,218 | 198 |
| DR Congo | 76% | 137 | 1:538,888 | 18,632 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 133 | 1:6,549 | 682 |
| French Polynesia | - | 130 | 1:2,138 | 477 |
| Swaziland | - | 128 | 1:10,158 | 1,360 |
| South Korea | - | 126 | 1:44,003 | 3,140 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 123 | 1:753 | 173 |
| Azerbaijan | 85% | 122 | 1:79,041 | 3,955 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 115 | 1:1,355 | 361 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 108 | 1:12,017 | 1,447 |
| Aruba | - | 104 | 1:998 | 202 |
| Finland | 92% | 99 | 1:55,386 | 1,783 |
| Congo | 71% | 98 | 1:51,114 | 3,842 |
| Gibraltar | - | 95 | 1:359 | 72 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 92 | 1:250,825 | 11,657 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 91 | 1:343 | 19 |
| Jordan | 97% | 85 | 1:103,844 | 2,082 |
| Macau | - | 80 | 1:7,603 | 264 |
| Micronesia | - | 77 | 1:1,383 | 226 |
| Benin | 100% | 75 | 1:141,011 | 7,652 |
| Vietnam | - | 66 | 1:1,403,380 | 2,928 |
| Dominica | - | 62 | 1:1,217 | 228 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 62 | 1:826 | 85 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 61 | 1:117,246 | 8,700 |
| Afghanistan | 50% | 58 | 1:562,474 | 8,892 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 58 | 1:943 | 196 |
| American Samoa | - | 54 | 1:1,034 | 112 |
| Myanmar | - | 54 | 1:962,005 | 622 |
| Cambodia | 84% | 53 | 1:307,044 | 8,153 |
| Monaco | 100% | 50 | 1:769 | 159 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 48 | 1:145,633 | 4,284 |
| Pakistan | 90% | 42 | 1:4,627,564 | 46,557 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 34 | 1:171 | 38 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 32 | 1:7,607 | 704 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 31 | 1:428 | 24 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 31 | 1:79,315 | 2,584 |
| Moldova | - | 27 | 1:131,894 | 1,438 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 27 | 1:17,616 | 451 |
| East Timor | - | 25 | 1:48,735 | 137 |
| Ethiopia | - | 25 | 1:3,902,405 | 10,287 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 25 | 1:1,965 | 404 |
| Romania | 100% | 25 | 1:802,079 | 20,995 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 21 | 1:150 | 12 |
| Yemen | - | 21 | 1:1,252,226 | 3,331 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 19 | 1:314,383 | 12,290 |
| Croatia | 100% | 18 | 1:234,282 | 3,778 |
| Palestine | 90% | 18 | 1:252,781 | 2,534 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 17 | 1:1,081,145 | 29,013 |
| Cook Islands | 100% | 17 | 1:1,068 | 174 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 14 | 1:48,350 | 2,519 |
| Hungary | 100% | 13 | 1:753,213 | 2,518 |
| Nepal | 100% | 12 | 1:2,373,946 | 34,978 |
| Laos | - | 9 | 1:731,873 | 503 |
| Libya | - | 9 | 1:691,257 | 1,282 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 9 | 1:787,629 | 675 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 9 | 1:590,007 | 2,547 |
| Togo | - | 9 | 1:804,360 | 4,738 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 8 | 1:66,144 | 2,710 |
| Montserrat | - | 7 | 1:697 | 83 |
| Senegal | 100% | 5 | 1:2,916,271 | 15,947 |
| Algeria | - | 4 | 1:9,544,180 | 14,095 |
| Burundi | - | 4 | 1:2,476,640 | 1,357 |
| Central African Republic | - | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 698 |
| Chad | - | 4 | 1:3,399,600 | 8,891 |
| Eritrea | 100% | 4 | 1:1,188,244 | 607 |
| Latvia | - | 4 | 1:503,911 | 3,554 |
| Lithuania | - | 4 | 1:737,970 | 2,861 |
| Mongolia | - | 4 | 1:733,704 | 10,632 |
| Rwanda | - | 4 | 1:2,842,858 | 2,668 |
| Saint Martin | - | 4 | 1:8,936 | 133 |
| Andorra | - | 3 | 1:27,629 | 798 |
| Bhutan | - | 3 | 1:274,976 | 4,070 |
| Maldives | - | 3 | 1:144,634 | 3,056 |
| San Marino | - | 3 | 1:10,973 | 542 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 2 | 1:1,762,229 | 6,852 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 2 | 1:18,928 | 806 |
| North Macedonia | - | 2 | 1:1,045,378 | 12,250 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 2 | 1:317,288 | 3,822 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 2 | 1:3,158 | 343 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Mauritania | - | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Niue | - | 1 | 1:1,604 | 70 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 1 | 1:9,555 | 215 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 1 | 1:13,529 | 157 |
The alternate forms: Káren (22), Karén (18), Karèn (6), Karën (3), Kären (3), Kàren (1), Kärën (2) & Karèñ (1) are calculated separately.
Karen (143,407) may also be a surname.
Karen Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. Danish form of Katharine (q.v.), popularized in the USA by Scandinavians.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
See Kay (as a girl’s name).
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Karen Forename Popularity
Karen Demographics
Karen Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 1,074 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Karen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karen in the Russian language | ||
| Карен | karen | - |
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