Karama Surname
Approximately 31,559 people bear this surname
Karama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 7,737 | 1:2,372 | 330 |
| Sudan | 6,160 | 1:6,089 | 887 |
| Morocco | 2,692 | 1:12,807 | 1,858 |
| Egypt | 2,014 | 1:45,648 | 4,549 |
| Kenya | 1,927 | 1:23,965 | 2,709 |
| Tanzania | 1,689 | 1:31,345 | 3,705 |
| DR Congo | 1,293 | 1:57,138 | 6,837 |
| Chad | 1,155 | 1:11,768 | 1,513 |
| Yemen | 810 | 1:32,624 | 3,028 |
| Lebanon | 628 | 1:8,976 | 1,366 |
| Indonesia | 560 | 1:236,159 | 21,804 |
| Ivory Coast | 556 | 1:41,495 | 2,675 |
| Palestine | 512 | 1:8,884 | 1,827 |
| Saudi Arabia | 437 | 1:70,608 | 10,708 |
| Nigeria | 430 | 1:411,960 | 21,473 |
| Somalia | 343 | 1:39,219 | 1,895 |
| India | 300 | 1:2,556,885 | 81,006 |
| Jordan | 273 | 1:32,390 | 3,976 |
| Russia | 246 | 1:585,866 | 52,006 |
| Uganda | 242 | 1:161,319 | 13,962 |
| Niger | 220 | 1:87,236 | 3,702 |
| Israel | 196 | 1:43,661 | 5,895 |
| Liberia | 134 | 1:32,900 | 3,082 |
| United Arab Emirates | 119 | 1:76,994 | 7,015 |
| Papua New Guinea | 114 | 1:71,524 | 9,336 |
| Turkey | 106 | 1:734,164 | 36,999 |
| Philippines | 76 | 1:1,332,082 | 99,105 |
| United States | 76 | 1:4,769,196 | 247,034 |
| Thailand | 68 | 1:1,038,799 | 157,648 |
| France | 60 | 1:1,107,045 | 119,335 |
| Rwanda | 49 | 1:231,938 | 1,267 |
| Iraq | 42 | 1:833,849 | 11,429 |
| Syria | 39 | 1:494,898 | 5,235 |
| Canada | 37 | 1:995,827 | 74,831 |
| England | 27 | 1:2,063,632 | 79,942 |
| Pakistan | 24 | 1:7,443,495 | 40,927 |
| Tunisia | 20 | 1:30,531 | 4,563 |
| Sweden | 16 | 1:615,422 | 45,338 |
| Estonia | 15 | 1:88,120 | 15,474 |
| Malaysia | 15 | 1:1,966,282 | 78,777 |
| Mauritania | 12 | 1:341,239 | 14,334 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Spain | 8 | 1:5,844,004 | 86,878 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Ukraine | 6 | 1:7,587,116 | 277,111 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| South Sudan | 4 | 1:2,853,769 | 1,758 |
| Senegal | 4 | 1:3,644,836 | 6,064 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Guinea | 2 | 1:5,916,908 | 2,656 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
Karama (52,994) may also be a first name.
Karama Demographics
Karama Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Karama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Karama (Bengali: কারমা, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺮﺍﻣﻪ, Hindi: करमा, Marathi: कम, Oriya: କରମା, Russian: Карама) occurs most in Burkina Faso. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karama? popularity and diffusion
The surname Karama is the 17,550th most frequent family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 230,918 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 84 percent of Karama live; 34 percent live in North Africa and 26 percent live in Arabic North Africa. Karama is also the 17,621st most commonly held first name at a global level, held by 52,994 people.
The last name is most numerous in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 7,737 people, or 1 in 2,372. In Burkina Faso it is most common in: Cascades Region, where 83 percent are found, Hauts-Bassins Region, where 7 percent are found and Centre Region, where 7 percent are found. Besides Burkina Faso this last name is found in 72 countries. It also occurs in Sudan, where 20 percent are found and Morocco, where 9 percent are found.
Karama Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Karama last name is principally Muslim (100%) in Russia, Muslim (79%) in Kenya and Druze (81%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Karama last name are 24.55% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 77.78% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Karama earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 4.5% less than the national average, earning $41,208 USD per year and in Canada they earn 22.41% less than the national average, earning $38,547 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Karama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karama in the Bengali language | ||
| কারমা | karama | - |
| Karama in the Hindi language | ||
| करमा | karama | 99.43 |
| करामा | karama | 0.19 |
| कारमा | karama | 0.14 |
| कर्मा | karma | 0.09 |
| करण | karana | 0.05 |
| कमला | kamala | 0.05 |
| शंकर | sankara | 0.05 |
| Karama in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺮﺍﻣﻪ | kramh | 62.5 |
| ﺍﻛﺮﺍﻣﻪ | akramh | 12.5 |
| ﺍﻟﻜﺮﺍﻣﻪ | alkramh | 6.25 |
| ﻛﺮﺍﻣﺔ | kramt | 6.25 |
| ﻛﺮﺍﻡ | kram | 6.25 |
| ﻛﺎﺭﺍﻣﺎ | karama | 6.25 |
| Karama in the Oriya language | ||
| କରମା | karama | 56.33 |
| କାରମା | karama | 33.48 |
| କାରାମା | karama | 8.6 |
| କରମ | karama | 0.68 |
| କାମର୍ା | kamara | 0.23 |
| କରାମା | karama | 0.23 |
| Karama in the Marathi language | ||
| कम | kama | 40 |
| करमा | karama | 23.33 |
| कारमा | karama | 16.67 |
| करामा | karama | 16.67 |
| करीमा | karima | 3.33 |
| Karama in the Russian language | ||
| Карама | karama | - |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Karama
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