Karima Forename
1,250th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 756,226 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Algeria
Karima Forename User-submission:
Translates to 'generous' from Arabic.
Karima Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 99% | 226,504 | 1:169 | 24 |
| Morocco | 100% | 140,768 | 1:244 | 54 |
| Iraq | 100% | 84,235 | 1:416 | 86 |
| Afghanistan | 99% | 79,430 | 1:411 | 55 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 61,861 | 1:2,578 | 360 |
| Egypt | 100% | 33,964 | 1:2,706 | 372 |
| India | 97% | 21,037 | 1:57,750 | 7,619 |
| Niger | 97% | 19,080 | 1:1,005 | 198 |
| France | 100% | 15,206 | 1:4,371 | 417 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 13,639 | 1:13,019 | 1,568 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 7,577 | 1:4,067 | 652 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 5,548 | 1:17,585 | 2,340 |
| Spain | 100% | 5,125 | 1:9,079 | 712 |
| Libya | - | 4,407 | 1:1,412 | 273 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 3,261 | 1:9,441 | 1,233 |
| Chad | 100% | 3,151 | 1:4,316 | 648 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 3,094 | 1:62,818 | 3,329 |
| Sudan | 84% | 2,578 | 1:14,665 | 1,593 |
| United States | 100% | 2,255 | 1:160,770 | 6,177 |
| Belgium | 100% | 2,212 | 1:5,194 | 765 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 1,975 | 1:130,615 | 13,906 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1,498 | 1:11,283 | 1,307 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 1,388 | 1:4,304 | 710 |
| Comoros | - | 1,254 | 1:607 | 105 |
| Philippines | 98% | 1,069 | 1:99,167 | 5,580 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 1,016 | 1:666 | 133 |
| Iran | 100% | 975 | 1:80,510 | 2,308 |
| Yemen | - | 872 | 1:30,157 | 1,040 |
| Canada | 100% | 803 | 1:41,262 | 2,926 |
| Oman | 100% | 802 | 1:5,123 | 704 |
| Benin | 100% | 788 | 1:13,421 | 1,649 |
| Russia | 100% | 774 | 1:186,348 | 2,847 |
| England | 100% | 747 | 1:74,435 | 3,076 |
| Kazakhstan | 99% | 611 | 1:29,046 | 1,519 |
| Qatar | 100% | 565 | 1:4,194 | 647 |
| Ghana | 75% | 562 | 1:48,018 | 2,599 |
| Kenya | - | 502 | 1:92,245 | 5,018 |
| Sweden | 100% | 331 | 1:29,782 | 1,852 |
| Djibouti | - | 304 | 1:3,012 | 384 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 299 | 1:18,821 | 1,479 |
| Bahrain | - | 296 | 1:4,556 | 731 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 286 | 1:72,724 | 6,418 |
| Germany | 100% | 285 | 1:339,221 | 4,177 |
| Syria | - | 246 | 1:78,480 | 1,772 |
| South Africa | 99% | 225 | 1:242,367 | 14,685 |
| Somaliland | 100% | 209 | 1:16,755 | 841 |
| Tanzania | 78% | 207 | 1:255,016 | 9,569 |
| Zimbabwe | 96% | 177 | 1:87,140 | 6,557 |
| Thailand | 95% | 162 | 1:432,505 | 21,532 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 153 | 1:46,745 | 4,247 |
| Palestine | 100% | 151 | 1:30,133 | 1,243 |
| Italy | 100% | 141 | 1:433,064 | 4,825 |
| Burkina Faso | 84% | 133 | 1:138,191 | 6,891 |
| Chile | 99% | 121 | 1:145,514 | 3,124 |
| Brazil | 100% | 117 | 1:1,831,078 | 39,735 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 110 | 1:74,668 | 2,696 |
| Denmark | - | 109 | 1:51,830 | 1,946 |
| Malaysia | 91% | 98 | 1:310,714 | 15,711 |
| Kuwait | - | 95 | 1:39,845 | 3,619 |
| Norway | 100% | 60 | 1:85,539 | 2,933 |
| Cameroon | 72% | 57 | 1:379,132 | 13,350 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 55 | 1:24,753 | 2,750 |
| Belize | 100% | 53 | 1:6,685 | 1,196 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 48 | 1:629,206 | 15,668 |
| Portugal | - | 46 | 1:226,323 | 4,580 |
| Panama | 100% | 40 | 1:97,664 | 4,898 |
| Senegal | 63% | 38 | 1:383,720 | 5,698 |
| Mexico | 100% | 29 | 1:4,280,842 | 18,370 |
| DR Congo | 75% | 27 | 1:2,734,356 | 59,996 |
| Australia | - | 25 | 1:546,305 | 8,356 |
| New Zealand | - | 25 | 1:181,442 | 6,350 |
| Scotland | 100% | 23 | 1:232,625 | 3,902 |
| Belarus | 88% | 16 | 1:592,649 | 3,645 |
| Luxembourg | - | 14 | 1:40,289 | 1,746 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 13 | 1:315,018 | 7,791 |
| Ireland | - | 12 | 1:386,960 | 5,608 |
| Finland | 85% | 11 | 1:498,471 | 5,769 |
| Ivory Coast | 67% | 11 | 1:2,097,812 | 47,531 |
| Uganda | 100% | 10 | 1:4,095,692 | 39,987 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 9 | 1:11,044 | 1,733 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 9 | 1:529,772 | 7,736 |
| Czechia | 100% | 9 | 1:1,184,018 | 3,740 |
| Jordan | 100% | 9 | 1:980,753 | 5,354 |
| Madagascar | - | 9 | 1:2,625,490 | 3,077 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 9 | 1:930,547 | 3,856 |
| Hong Kong | - | 8 | 1:969,091 | 5,961 |
| Grenada | 100% | 7 | 1:15,446 | 1,649 |
| Papua New Guinea | 71% | 7 | 1:1,164,616 | 79,875 |
| Austria | 100% | 6 | 1:1,419,034 | 8,656 |
| Congo | 100% | 6 | 1:834,868 | 13,992 |
| Estonia | - | 6 | 1:219,230 | 6,245 |
| Guyana | - | 6 | 1:127,210 | 8,948 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 6 | 1:18,291 | 1,938 |
| Turkey | 100% | 5 | 1:15,560,342 | 40,635 |
| Angola | - | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,410,736 | 23,569 |
| Bermuda | - | 4 | 1:16,206 | 1,525 |
| China | - | 4 | 1:341,513,946 | 78,144 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 4 | 1:2,607,818 | 19,206 |
| Ecuador | - | 4 | 1:4,431,730 | 16,276 |
| French Polynesia | - | 4 | 1:69,476 | 2,352 |
| Greece | - | 4 | 1:2,733,637 | 12,935 |
| Mozambique | - | 4 | 1:6,810,839 | 3,114 |
| Poland | 89% | 4 | 1:9,506,778 | 5,827 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 4 | 1:27,895 | 3,010 |
| Somalia | - | 4 | 1:3,381,467 | 5,208 |
| Swaziland | - | 4 | 1:325,044 | 2,285 |
| Wales | 100% | 4 | 1:773,577 | 8,486 |
| Macau | - | 3 | 1:202,736 | 1,370 |
| Mauritius | - | 3 | 1:432,595 | 7,262 |
| Moldova | - | 3 | 1:1,187,046 | 5,200 |
| Peru | 100% | 3 | 1:10,597,151 | 58,549 |
| South Korea | - | 3 | 1:1,848,140 | 23,578 |
| Armenia | - | 2 | 1:1,459,376 | 10,220 |
| Bahamas | - | 2 | 1:199,685 | 2,758 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Colombia | - | 2 | 1:23,889,463 | 63,722 |
| Georgia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Israel | 100% | 2 | 1:4,201,459 | 30,777 |
| Jamaica | - | 2 | 1:1,441,614 | 15,741 |
| Japan | - | 2 | 1:63,993,028 | 72,606 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 2 | 1:88,908 | 5,280 |
| Taiwan | - | 2 | 1:11,884,841 | 132,786 |
| Uruguay | - | 2 | 1:1,713,818 | 10,870 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Argentina | 100% | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Malawi | 100% | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Zambia | - | 1 | 1:15,854,794 | 66,637 |
The alternate forms: Karíma (4), Karimà (1) & Kàrimà (1) are calculated separately.
Karima (28,145) may also be a surname.
Karima Forename Meaning
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in United States
Sample size: 355 (2014)
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Karima Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karima in the Russian language | ||
| Карима | karima | - |
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