Garama Surname
Approximately 5,694 people bear this surname
Garama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 5,030 | 1:9,181 | 1,174 |
| India | 172 | 1:4,459,682 | 116,397 |
| Philippines | 128 | 1:790,924 | 76,218 |
| Cameroon | 80 | 1:259,613 | 25,186 |
| Papua New Guinea | 71 | 1:114,841 | 15,585 |
| Netherlands | 53 | 1:318,626 | 37,214 |
| Niger | 23 | 1:834,436 | 19,133 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| Iran | 18 | 1:4,265,696 | 111,937 |
| Uganda | 17 | 1:2,296,428 | 70,019 |
| United States | 14 | 1:25,889,924 | 709,614 |
| Israel | 10 | 1:855,763 | 54,181 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Garama (1,738) may also be a first name.
Garama Demographics
Garama Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Garama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Garama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Garama (Arabic: غرامي, Bengali: গরমা, Hindi: गरमा, Marathi: गरमा, Oriya: ଗାରାମା, Russian: Гарама) is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Garama? popularity and diffusion
The last name Garama is the 84,809th most commonly occurring last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,279,864 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 91 percent of Garama are found; 89 percent are found in East Africa and 88 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 183,964th most frequently occurring given name throughout the world, held by 1,738 people.
The surname is most widespread in Kenya, where it is carried by 5,030 people, or 1 in 9,181. In Kenya Garama is most frequent in: Kilifi County, where 87 percent reside, Mombasa County, where 7 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 2 percent reside. Apart from Kenya Garama occurs in 31 countries. It is also common in India, where 3 percent reside and The Philippines, where 2 percent reside.
Garama Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Christian (98%) in Kenya.
Garama earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 50.93% less than the national average, earning $21,175 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Garama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Garama in the Bengali language | ||
| গরমা | garama | - |
| Garama in the Hindi language | ||
| गरमा | garama | - |
| Garama in the Marathi language | ||
| गरमा | garama | - |
| Garama in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗାରାମା | garama | 76.19 |
| ଗାରମା | garama | 8.33 |
| ଗରାମା | garama | 7.74 |
| ଗରମା | garama | 7.14 |
| ପରମା | parama | 0.6 |
| Garama in the Russian language | ||
| Гарама | garama | - |
| Garama in the Arabic language | ||
| غرامي | ghramy | - |
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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 Garama
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