Karakum Surname
Approximately 1,009 people bear this surname
Karakum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 944 | 1:82,438 | 7,482 |
| Papua New Guinea | 26 | 1:313,604 | 42,091 |
| Germany | 14 | 1:5,750,390 | 205,224 |
| Russia | 8 | 1:18,015,382 | 436,635 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Karakum (14) may also be a first name.
Karakum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karakum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Karakum (Marathi: कारकूम, Russian: Каракум) is carried by more people in Turkey than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Karakum? popularity and diffusion
Karakum is the 359,182nd most commonly occurring family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 7,222,543 people. Karakum is mostly found in Asia, where 70 percent of Karakum reside; 70 percent reside in West Asia and 70 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 3,024,661st most commonly used first name at a global level, held by 14 people.
This last name is most widely held in Turkey, where it is borne by 944 people, or 1 in 82,438. In Turkey it is mostly found in: Istanbul Province, where 35 percent live, Samsun Province, where 11 percent live and Eskisehir Province, where 8 percent live. Without taking into account Turkey Karakum exists in 14 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent live and Germany, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Karakum Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karakum in the Marathi language | ||
| कारकूम | karakuma | 66.67 |
| कारकुम | karakuma | 33.33 |
| Karakum in the Russian language | ||
| Каракум | karakum | - |
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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 Karakum
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