Karagama Surname
Approximately 547 people bear this surname
Karagama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 324 | 1:546,737 | 26,707 |
| Cameroon | 184 | 1:112,875 | 13,089 |
| Niger | 32 | 1:599,751 | 14,963 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Karagama (540) may also be a first name.
Karagama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karagama Come From? nationality or country of origin
Karagama (Oriya: କାରଗାମା) occurs most in Nigeria. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Karagama.
How Common Is The Last Name Karagama? popularity and diffusion
The last name Karagama is the 575,362nd most numerous family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 13,322,753 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Karagama are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 59 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Karagama is also the 362,702nd most numerous forename world-wide It is held by 540 people.
This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 324 people, or 1 in 546,737. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Yobe, where 48 percent live, Borno, where 43 percent live and Adamawa, where 6 percent live. Aside from Nigeria it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 34 percent live and Niger, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karangama | 94 | 9 | / |
| Karegama | 88 | 49 | / |
| Karagami | 88 | 31 | / |
| Karagame | 88 | 2 | / |
| Karangami | 82 | 360 | / |
| Karagammi | 82 | 16 | / |
| Kooragama | 82 | 11 | / |
| Karangamo | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kaaregaama | 78 | 3 | / |
| Karangammi | 78 | 2 | / |
| Koragami | 75 | 1 | / |
| Karegamo | 75 | 1 | / |
| Kaharaghame | 74 | 1 | / |
| Queragama | 71 | 273 | / |
| Karongoma | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kourangame | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kouragamou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Coragamath | 67 | 1 | / |
| Khairaghomi | 63 | 1 | / |
| Querogama | 59 | 1 | / |
Karagama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karagama in the Oriya language | ||
| କାରଗାମା | karagama | 87.5 |
| କାରାଗାମା | karagama | 12.5 |
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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 Karagama
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