Karamou Surname
Approximately 150 people bear this surname
Karamou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 144 | 1:183,509 | 8,211 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Karamou (18) may also be a first name.
Karamou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karamou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Karamou occurs more in Yemen more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Karamou.
How Common Is The Last Name Karamou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,434,893rd most commonly used family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 48,583,639 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Karamou live; 97 percent live in West Asia and 96 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. Karamou is also the 2,608,198th most commonly held forename world-wide, held by 18 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Yemen, where it is carried by 144 people, or 1 in 183,509. In Yemen Karamou is primarily concentrated in: Al Hudaydah Governorate, where 87 percent live, Sana'a Governorate, where 10 percent live and Hadramaut Governorate, where 3 percent live. Outside of Yemen it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 2 percent live and Iran, where 1 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Karamou
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