Karim Forename
503rd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,477,665 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Tunisia
Karim Forename User-submission:
Translates to 'generous' from Arabic.
Karim Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 100% | 306,087 | 1:300 | 48 |
| Morocco | 100% | 146,227 | 1:235 | 51 |
| Pakistan | 81% | 134,822 | 1:1,442 | 275 |
| Iran | 100% | 118,125 | 1:665 | 135 |
| Iraq | 98% | 90,782 | 1:386 | 75 |
| Algeria | 100% | 85,015 | 1:449 | 93 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 81,482 | 1:226 | 32 |
| India | 99% | 64,891 | 1:18,722 | 2,669 |
| Mali | 98% | 41,808 | 1:406 | 78 |
| Indonesia | 97% | 35,364 | 1:7,295 | 968 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 31,984 | 1:4,986 | 693 |
| France | 100% | 27,498 | 1:2,417 | 300 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 27,081 | 1:852 | 96 |
| Uzbekistan | 99% | 23,988 | 1:1,283 | 287 |
| Afghanistan | 79% | 23,566 | 1:1,384 | 254 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 12,123 | 1:691 | 127 |
| Libya | - | 11,751 | 1:529 | 89 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 11,745 | 1:4,495 | 756 |
| Ghana | 80% | 11,574 | 1:2,332 | 375 |
| Benin | 100% | 10,893 | 1:971 | 218 |
| United States | 91% | 8,922 | 1:40,634 | 2,462 |
| Mozambique | - | 8,640 | 1:3,153 | 666 |
| Russia | 100% | 8,259 | 1:17,464 | 506 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 8,197 | 1:865 | 200 |
| Sudan | 100% | 7,338 | 1:5,152 | 822 |
| Uganda | 98% | 7,301 | 1:5,610 | 661 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 6,104 | 1:922 | 197 |
| Guinea | 100% | 5,949 | 1:1,993 | 256 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 5,655 | 1:1,705 | 389 |
| Syria | - | 5,185 | 1:3,723 | 505 |
| Madagascar | - | 4,837 | 1:4,885 | 1,000 |
| Spain | 100% | 4,787 | 1:9,720 | 751 |
| Canada | 100% | 4,777 | 1:6,936 | 956 |
| Malaysia | 97% | 4,723 | 1:6,447 | 739 |
| Rwanda | - | 4,593 | 1:2,476 | 533 |
| Somaliland | - | 4,134 | 1:847 | 176 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 3,823 | 1:1,871 | 202 |
| Bahrain | - | 3,729 | 1:362 | 53 |
| Kazakhstan | 99% | 3,653 | 1:4,858 | 575 |
| Nigeria | 97% | 3,431 | 1:51,753 | 3,741 |
| Philippines | 98% | 3,296 | 1:32,163 | 2,772 |
| England | 100% | 3,281 | 1:16,947 | 1,133 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 3,190 | 1:212 | 17 |
| Belgium | 100% | 2,987 | 1:3,847 | 664 |
| Peru | 97% | 2,977 | 1:10,679 | 1,175 |
| Kuwait | - | 2,536 | 1:1,493 | 216 |
| Togo | - | 2,472 | 1:2,928 | 493 |
| Angola | - | 2,429 | 1:11,102 | 1,238 |
| Jordan | 100% | 2,080 | 1:4,244 | 554 |
| Comoros | - | 2,038 | 1:374 | 54 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 2,027 | 1:10,661 | 1,241 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 1,965 | 1:49,649 | 4,746 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 1,938 | 1:3,082 | 518 |
| Mexico | 89% | 1,749 | 1:70,980 | 2,194 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1,709 | 1:40,998 | 4,682 |
| Germany | 100% | 1,688 | 1:57,274 | 1,543 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1,648 | 1:10,256 | 1,247 |
| Senegal | 100% | 1,588 | 1:9,182 | 720 |
| Niger | 87% | 1,526 | 1:12,571 | 1,102 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,515 | 1:20,338 | 2,686 |
| Israel | 99% | 1,505 | 1:5,583 | 905 |
| Palestine | 99% | 1,413 | 1:3,220 | 531 |
| Cambodia | 92% | 1,175 | 1:13,850 | 1,494 |
| Brazil | 98% | 1,095 | 1:195,649 | 8,810 |
| Poland | 99% | 990 | 1:38,411 | 1,114 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 983 | 1:8,356 | 919 |
| Chile | 69% | 934 | 1:18,851 | 1,054 |
| Chad | 100% | 927 | 1:14,669 | 2,417 |
| Gabon | 100% | 882 | 1:2,135 | 518 |
| Oman | 93% | 858 | 1:4,789 | 643 |
| Sweden | 100% | 847 | 1:11,639 | 984 |
| Kenya | - | 803 | 1:57,668 | 3,733 |
| Malawi | 95% | 783 | 1:21,855 | 1,932 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 691 | 1:43,708 | 2,728 |
| Yemen | - | 672 | 1:39,132 | 1,132 |
| Italy | 95% | 473 | 1:129,095 | 2,180 |
| Nepal | 76% | 465 | 1:61,263 | 4,099 |
| Australia | - | 409 | 1:33,393 | 1,877 |
| Portugal | - | 387 | 1:26,901 | 1,154 |
| DR Congo | 92% | 363 | 1:203,382 | 8,920 |
| Somalia | - | 359 | 1:37,677 | 2,151 |
| Denmark | - | 273 | 1:20,694 | 1,207 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 272 | 1:38,350 | 2,842 |
| Djibouti | - | 217 | 1:4,220 | 471 |
| Norway | 100% | 214 | 1:23,983 | 1,347 |
| Austria | 100% | 205 | 1:41,533 | 1,364 |
| Argentina | 52% | 166 | 1:257,670 | 2,762 |
| Belarus | 98% | 154 | 1:61,574 | 722 |
| Finland | 90% | 154 | 1:35,605 | 1,462 |
| Panama | 100% | 154 | 1:25,367 | 2,288 |
| Czechia | 98% | 142 | 1:75,043 | 1,014 |
| South Africa | 92% | 138 | 1:395,164 | 20,396 |
| New Zealand | - | 137 | 1:33,110 | 2,111 |
| Guatemala | 88% | 132 | 1:122,034 | 2,411 |
| Scotland | 100% | 123 | 1:43,499 | 1,469 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 122 | 1:86,897 | 2,413 |
| Belize | 100% | 116 | 1:3,054 | 695 |
| Ecuador | - | 105 | 1:168,828 | 3,173 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 100 | 1:2,702 | 476 |
| French Polynesia | - | 92 | 1:3,021 | 604 |
| Colombia | 81% | 84 | 1:568,797 | 8,308 |
| Romania | 100% | 84 | 1:238,714 | 7,864 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 83 | 1:6,796 | 643 |
| Liberia | 100% | 77 | 1:57,299 | 2,913 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 75 | 1:18,152 | 2,252 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 67 | 1:81,685 | 1,014 |
| Suriname | - | 66 | 1:8,376 | 1,618 |
| Honduras | 100% | 64 | 1:137,773 | 3,851 |
| Ireland | 100% | 63 | 1:73,707 | 2,074 |
| Singapore | 100% | 63 | 1:99,795 | 7,410 |
| Greece | 100% | 59 | 1:185,331 | 3,902 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 59 | 1:58,096 | 1,951 |
| China | - | 50 | 1:27,321,116 | 60,830 |
| Japan | - | 50 | 1:2,559,721 | 21,573 |
| Slovenia | 87% | 50 | 1:49,175 | 2,044 |
| Gambia | - | 49 | 1:39,318 | 298 |
| Georgia | 100% | 47 | 1:79,542 | 3,191 |
| Wales | 100% | 47 | 1:65,836 | 2,001 |
| Brunei | 100% | 46 | 1:9,121 | 709 |
| Qatar | 100% | 46 | 1:51,513 | 6,571 |
| Paraguay | 56% | 45 | 1:160,818 | 2,989 |
| Guyana | 100% | 44 | 1:17,347 | 2,240 |
| Costa Rica | 72% | 42 | 1:113,523 | 3,435 |
| Hungary | 100% | 38 | 1:257,678 | 1,242 |
| Burundi | 100% | 36 | 1:275,182 | 656 |
| Papua New Guinea | 64% | 35 | 1:232,923 | 19,496 |
| Gibraltar | - | 32 | 1:1,067 | 230 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 29 | 1:3,427 | 684 |
| Hong Kong | - | 29 | 1:267,335 | 3,524 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 28 | 1:249,657 | 5,630 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 27 | 1:151,676 | 5,042 |
| Estonia | 100% | 26 | 1:50,592 | 2,900 |
| Monaco | 100% | 24 | 1:1,603 | 333 |
| El Salvador | - | 23 | 1:275,730 | 3,338 |
| Malta | - | 23 | 1:18,668 | 1,434 |
| Congo | 100% | 22 | 1:227,691 | 6,331 |
| Botswana | 100% | 21 | 1:104,021 | 8,595 |
| Ukraine | - | 21 | 1:2,166,662 | 5,310 |
| Turkey | 100% | 20 | 1:3,890,085 | 19,888 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 20 | 1:771,191 | 29,892 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 19 | 1:2,887 | 601 |
| Armenia | 100% | 18 | 1:162,153 | 3,260 |
| Moldova | - | 17 | 1:209,479 | 1,879 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 16 | 1:71,106 | 389 |
| Iceland | - | 16 | 1:22,876 | 1,561 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 15 | 1:1,584,645 | 46,832 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 15 | 1:7,316 | 1,065 |
| Jamaica | - | 14 | 1:205,945 | 6,774 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 13 | 1:141,780 | 1,629 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 12 | 1:39,636 | 686 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 10 | 1:87,108 | 2,498 |
| Grenada | 100% | 10 | 1:10,812 | 1,335 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 10 | 1:11,158 | 1,580 |
| Central African Republic | - | 9 | 1:501,710 | 504 |
| Mauritius | - | 9 | 1:144,198 | 3,629 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 9 | 1:394,478 | 3,471 |
| Aruba | - | 8 | 1:12,972 | 1,901 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 8 | 1:22,227 | 2,229 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 7 | 1:4,464 | 919 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 7 | 1:859,762 | 11,907 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 6 | 1:40,570 | 1,514 |
| Bermuda | - | 6 | 1:10,804 | 1,174 |
| Croatia | 100% | 6 | 1:702,846 | 6,921 |
| Anguilla | - | 5 | 1:2,651 | 523 |
| Zambia | - | 5 | 1:3,170,959 | 26,788 |
| Latvia | - | 4 | 1:503,911 | 3,554 |
| Mongolia | 100% | 4 | 1:733,704 | 10,632 |
| South Korea | - | 4 | 1:1,386,105 | 20,690 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,887,755 | 1,822 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Albania | 100% | 3 | 1:1,015,523 | 26,928 |
| Jersey | - | 3 | 1:33,327 | 1,495 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 3 | 1:679,999 | 29,822 |
| Lithuania | - | 3 | 1:983,961 | 3,563 |
| Maldives | - | 3 | 1:144,634 | 3,056 |
| Namibia | - | 3 | 1:801,393 | 11,859 |
| Bahamas | - | 2 | 1:199,685 | 2,758 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 2 | 1:1,762,229 | 6,852 |
| Haiti | - | 2 | 1:5,363,476 | 32,317 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| Montserrat | - | 2 | 1:2,438 | 412 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 2 | 1:2,655,032 | 6,915 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 2 | 1:46,311,556 | 7,272 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | - | 1 | 1:6,315 | 385 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Serbia | 100% | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
The alternate forms: Karím (14), Kárim (3), Kärim (3) & Kàrim (2) are calculated separately.
Karim (1,537,750) may also be a surname.
Karim Forename Meaning
Karim Forename Popularity
Karim Demographics
Karim Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 516 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Karim Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karim in the Russian language | ||
| Карим | karim | - |
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