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
Average Garama Salary in
United States
$21,175 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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 found most in Kenya. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Garama? popularity and diffusion
Garama is the 84,809th most prevalent family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 1,279,864 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Garama reside; 89 percent reside in East Africa and 88 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Garama is also the 183,964th most frequently held first name in the world It is held by 1,738 people.
This surname is most common in Kenya, where it is held by 5,030 people, or 1 in 9,181. In Kenya Garama is primarily concentrated in: Kilifi County, where 87 percent are found, Mombasa County, where 7 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 2 percent are found. Besides Kenya Garama occurs in 31 countries. It is also found in India, where 3 percent are found and The Philippines, where 2 percent are found.
Garama Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Garama last name is primarily 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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