Karah Surname
Approximately 686 people bear this surname
Karah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Israel | 324 | 1:26,412 | 3,863 |
| Philippines | 85 | 1:1,191,038 | 93,973 |
| United States | 48 | 1:7,551,228 | 341,161 |
| India | 39 | 1:19,668,343 | 291,059 |
| Nigeria | 34 | 1:5,210,081 | 134,475 |
| Indonesia | 28 | 1:4,723,186 | 228,527 |
| Iran | 24 | 1:3,199,272 | 94,565 |
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Libya | 9 | 1:693,775 | 1,982 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1:3,054,091 | 90,853 |
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 19 | 1:2,643,089 | 124,494 |
Karah (1,765) may also be a first name.
Karah Demographics
Average Karah Salary in
United States
$26,861 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Karah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Karah (Arabic: كريه, Hindi: करह, Marathi: करह) is found most in Israel. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Karah.
How Common Is The Last Name Karah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 484,676th most prevalent family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 10,623,245 people. The last name Karah is mostly found in Asia, where 77 percent of Karah are found; 49 percent are found in West Asia and 47 percent are found in Judeo-West Asia. It is also the 182,193rd most commonly held forename in the world, borne by 1,765 people.
The last name Karah is most prevalent in Israel, where it is borne by 324 people, or 1 in 26,412. In Israel Karah is most prevalent in: Tel Aviv District, where 24 percent reside, Jerusalem District, where 20 percent reside and Central District, where 17 percent reside. Barring Israel it exists in 34 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 12 percent reside and The United States, where 7 percent reside.
Karah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Karah has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Karah last name grew 253 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Karah Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Karah surname are 21.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 75% being registered with the political party.
The amount Karah earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 37.75% less than the national average, earning $26,861 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.04% less than the national average, earning $46,682 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Karah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karah in the Hindi language | ||
| करह | karaha | 66.67 |
| कराह | karaha | 33.33 |
| Karah in the Marathi language | ||
| करह | karaha | 50 |
| कराह | karaha | 50 |
| Karah in the Arabic language | ||
| كريه | kryh | - |
| عكاره | karh | - |
| كاره | karh | - |
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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 Karah
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