Karaym Surname
Approximately 479 people bear this surname
Karaym Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 478 | 1:95,236 | 13,641 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
Karaym Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karaym Come From? nationality or country of origin
Karaym (Russian: Карайм) occurs more in Ukraine more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karaym? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 636,210th most frequent family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 15,214,083 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Karaym reside; 100 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 100 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.
This surname is most numerous in Ukraine, where it is carried by 478 people, or 1 in 95,236. In Ukraine Karaym is most common in: Lviv Oblast, where 35 percent are found, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, where 30 percent are found and Ternopil Oblast, where 13 percent are found. Other than Ukraine Karaym is found in one country. It is also found in Kazakhstan, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Karaym Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karaym in the Russian language | ||
| Карайм | karajm | - |
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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 Karaym
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