Kareem Surname
Approximately 333,682 people bear this surname
Kareem Surname User-submission:
Karim or Kareem is a surname of Arabic origin, which means 'generous', 'noble' and 'honorable'.
Kareem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 171,890 | 1:1,039 | 165 |
| Nigeria | 108,554 | 1:1,632 | 213 |
| India | 18,008 | 1:42,596 | 2,976 |
| Egypt | 16,169 | 1:5,686 | 714 |
| Sudan | 8,400 | 1:4,465 | 642 |
| Iraq | 1,630 | 1:21,486 | 1,210 |
| Sri Lanka | 1,243 | 1:16,741 | 2,341 |
| Bangladesh | 1,081 | 1:147,416 | 5,565 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1,071 | 1:8,555 | 1,067 |
| Saudi Arabia | 875 | 1:35,264 | 5,116 |
| United States | 796 | 1:455,350 | 38,933 |
| Lebanon | 671 | 1:8,401 | 1,310 |
| England | 496 | 1:112,335 | 11,566 |
| Maldives | 356 | 1:1,135 | 127 |
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| Oman | 296 | 1:12,459 | 1,436 |
| Sweden | 274 | 1:35,937 | 2,902 |
| Malaysia | 128 | 1:230,424 | 13,219 |
| Kuwait | 125 | 1:30,406 | 3,898 |
| Iran | 125 | 1:614,260 | 33,895 |
| Palestine | 119 | 1:38,226 | 4,530 |
| Thailand | 99 | 1:713,519 | 117,929 |
| South Africa | 97 | 1:558,533 | 43,702 |
| Singapore | 86 | 1:64,043 | 2,603 |
| Qatar | 81 | 1:29,111 | 3,031 |
| Canada | 81 | 1:454,884 | 39,362 |
| Syria | 79 | 1:244,317 | 4,235 |
| Bahrain | 73 | 1:18,474 | 3,432 |
| Brunei | 41 | 1:10,213 | 1,246 |
| Ireland | 30 | 1:156,965 | 7,012 |
| Australia | 26 | 1:1,038,296 | 59,744 |
| Germany | 25 | 1:3,220,218 | 147,383 |
| Libya | 25 | 1:249,759 | 1,033 |
| Norway | 23 | 1:223,578 | 24,793 |
| Indonesia | 18 | 1:7,347,177 | 303,310 |
| Netherlands | 16 | 1:1,055,448 | 66,951 |
| Wales | 16 | 1:193,408 | 12,484 |
| Scotland | 14 | 1:382,416 | 16,471 |
| Jordan | 12 | 1:736,870 | 14,651 |
| Liberia | 11 | 1:400,776 | 20,681 |
| Russia | 11 | 1:13,102,096 | 377,010 |
| Yemen | 10 | 1:2,642,529 | 14,606 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Sierra Leone | 9 | 1:787,737 | 678 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| Ivory Coast | 8 | 1:2,883,904 | 43,419 |
| Finland | 8 | 1:687,088 | 36,047 |
| Tunisia | 8 | 1:76,328 | 12,820 |
| Iceland | 7 | 1:54,299 | 3,881 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Belize | 5 | 1:71,095 | 2,977 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Guyana | 4 | 1:190,555 | 9,777 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Jamaica | 3 | 1:956,649 | 10,513 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Afghanistan | 3 | 1:10,717,728 | 35,605 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1:454,658 | 14,297 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Greenland | 1 | 1:56,379 | 1,133 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
Kareem (379,223) may also be a first name.
Kareem Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Karim or Kareem is a surname of Arabic origin, which means 'generous', 'noble' and 'honorable'.
- karim.s.abdallaAn Arabic name and surname, meaning 'generous'.
- kareemelgazzarKareem Demographics
Average Male Kareem Height
172.83 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Kareem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kareem Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kareem (Hindi: करीम, Marathi: करीम) occurs most in Pakistan. It can appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kareem? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,641st most frequently used last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 21,840 people. The surname Kareem is mostly found in Asia, where 59 percent of Kareem live; 58 percent live in South Asia and 52 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 2,750th most frequently occurring forename worldwide. It is borne by 379,223 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Pakistan, where it is carried by 171,890 people, or 1 in 1,039. In Pakistan it is most numerous in: Sindh, where 40 percent are found, Balochistan, where 24 percent are found and Punjab, where 20 percent are found. Barring Pakistan Kareem is found in 99 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 33 percent are found and India, where 5 percent are found.
Kareem Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Kareem last name is predominantly Sunni (92%) in Lebanon and Muslim (83%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Kareem last name are 5.19% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 58.42% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Kareem earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 30.4% less than the national average, earning 240,855 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 11.78% less than the national average, earning R 209,640 per year; in United States they earn 7.31% more than the national average, earning $46,304 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.34% less than the national average, earning $46,534 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kareem Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kareem in the Hindi language | ||
| करीम | karima | 97.43 |
| अकरीम | akarima | 2.57 |
| Kareem in the Marathi language | ||
| करीम | karima | 90.5 |
| अकरीम | akarima | 9.42 |
| एकरीम | ekarima | 0.05 |
| करीमा | karima | 0.01 |
| कोहरे | kohare | 0 |
| कारीम | karima | 0 |
| करीमू | karimu | 0 |
| िकरम | ikarama | 0 |
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Footnotes
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