El Kareem Surname

993,593rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 258 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

El Kareem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Kareem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt2441:376,78623,402
Jordan71:1,263,20516,935
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
Yemen31:8,808,43135,773

El Kareem Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name El Kareem Come From? nationality or country of origin

El Kareem has its highest incidence in Egypt. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name El Kareem? popularity and diffusion

It is the 993,593rd most frequently held family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 28,246,302 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of El Kareem live; 96 percent live in North Africa and 96 percent live in Arabic North Africa.

The surname El Kareem is most commonly held in Egypt, where it is borne by 244 people, or 1 in 376,786. Aside from Egypt this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Jordan, where 3 percent are found and Sudan, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Karem941,040/
El-Kareem899/
El Kariem891/
El Karim82800/
El Kerem8245/
El Kharim7813/
El Karime783/
El Kereim781/
El-Kareim781/
El-Kariem781/
El Kharrim74404/
El Karroum741/
El Kerim71249/
El-Karim718/
El Carim711/
El Kerym711/
El Querem671/
El Kherim671/
El Kerrim671/
El Kouroum634/

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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
  • 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 El Kareem
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