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/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Karamou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,434,893rd most common last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 48,583,639 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Karamou reside; 97 percent reside in West Asia and 96 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 2,608,198th most common first name worldwide, held by 18 people.
This last name is most numerous in Yemen, where it is borne by 144 people, or 1 in 183,509. In Yemen Karamou is most numerous in: Al Hudaydah Governorate, where 87 percent are found, Sana'a Governorate, where 10 percent are found and Hadramaut Governorate, where 3 percent are found. Excluding Yemen this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 2 percent are found and Iran, where 1 percent are found.
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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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