Karema Surname
Approximately 6,115 people bear this surname
Karema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rwanda | 2,791 | 1:4,072 | 1,005 |
| Kenya | 1,393 | 1:33,151 | 3,622 |
| Uganda | 465 | 1:83,955 | 8,895 |
| Bangladesh | 360 | 1:442,658 | 11,259 |
| India | 241 | 1:3,182,844 | 93,477 |
| Egypt | 183 | 1:502,381 | 28,715 |
| Zimbabwe | 134 | 1:115,211 | 15,687 |
| Botswana | 132 | 1:16,568 | 3,236 |
| DR Congo | 116 | 1:636,893 | 47,292 |
| Estonia | 50 | 1:26,436 | 4,834 |
| Algeria | 47 | 1:821,948 | 41,685 |
| Indonesia | 44 | 1:3,005,664 | 168,399 |
| Papua New Guinea | 34 | 1:239,815 | 32,925 |
| Finland | 21 | 1:261,748 | 20,300 |
| Pakistan | 21 | 1:8,506,852 | 44,204 |
| Niger | 20 | 1:959,601 | 21,357 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Northern Ireland | 7 | 1:263,577 | 11,625 |
| Iran | 5 | 1:15,356,505 | 213,424 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
The alternate forms: Kärema (48) are calculated separately.
Karema (9,601) may also be a first name.
Karema Demographics
Karema Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Karema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karema Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Karema (Arabic: كرمه, Hindi: करेमा, Marathi: करीमा, Oriya: କାେରମା, Russian: Карема) has its highest incidence in Rwanda. It can appear in the variant forms: Kärema. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Karema? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 79,744th most frequent family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,191,749 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 87 percent of Karema reside; 76 percent reside in East Africa and 75 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 62,982nd most frequently occurring first name globally, borne by 9,601 people.
This last name is most widespread in Rwanda, where it is borne by 2,791 people, or 1 in 4,072. Without taking into account Rwanda Karema occurs in 35 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 23 percent are found and Uganda, where 8 percent are found.
Karema Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Karema earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 30.65% more than the national average, earning $56,375 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Karema Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karema in the Hindi language | ||
| करेमा | karema | - |
| Karema in the Oriya language | ||
| କାେରମା | kaerama | - |
| Karema in the Marathi language | ||
| करीमा | karima | 33.33 |
| करोमा | karoma | 33.33 |
| करेम | karema | 33.33 |
| Karema in the Russian language | ||
| Карема | karema | - |
| Karema in the Arabic language | ||
| كرمه | krmh | - |
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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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- 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 Karema
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