El Karim Surname

430,675th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 800 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Morocco

El Karim Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Karim Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Morocco5451:63,25910,584
Egypt1831:502,38128,715
Mauritania441:93,0655,851
Brazil91:23,786,037375,389
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Show All Nations

El Karim Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Karim (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻜﺮﻳﻢ) is held by more people in Morocco than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of El Karim.

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

The surname El Karim is the 430,675th most frequently held surname globally, held by around 1 in 9,109,432 people. The last name El Karim occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of El Karim are found; 92 percent are found in North Africa and 68 percent are found in Mahgreb.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Morocco, where it is held by 545 people, or 1 in 63,259. Aside from Morocco this surname exists in 15 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 23 percent live and Mauritania, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Kharim9413/
El Karime943/
El Kariem941/
El Kharrim89404/
El Karem881,040/
El Kerim88249/
El-Karim888/
El Carim881/
El Kareem82258/
El-Kariem821/
El-Kareim821/
El Kherim821/
El Kerrim821/
El Kereim821/
El Kerem7545/
El Kerym751/
El-Kareem719/
El Querem591/
Show All Similar Surnames

El Karim Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Karim in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻜﺮﻳﻢalkrym95.45
ﺍﻟﻜﺎﺭﻳﻢalkarym4.55

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Karim
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis