Kari Surname
Approximately 50,689 people bear this surname
Kari Surname User-submission:
This surname derives from the Arabic word kari (قاري), which in Arabic means 'cultured'.
Kari Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 13,348 | 1:57,467 | 3,935 |
| Indonesia | 7,415 | 1:17,835 | 2,180 |
| Cameroon | 5,540 | 1:3,749 | 447 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2,986 | 1:2,731 | 116 |
| Algeria | 2,858 | 1:13,517 | 2,401 |
| Nigeria | 2,414 | 1:73,381 | 5,267 |
| Finland | 2,218 | 1:2,478 | 389 |
| Chad | 2,022 | 1:6,722 | 968 |
| Morocco | 1,806 | 1:19,090 | 2,933 |
| United States | 1,094 | 1:331,315 | 30,015 |
| Iran | 1,040 | 1:73,829 | 7,671 |
| Bangladesh | 811 | 1:196,494 | 6,734 |
| Malaysia | 679 | 1:43,438 | 3,499 |
| Niger | 654 | 1:29,346 | 1,677 |
| Thailand | 509 | 1:138,779 | 21,597 |
| France | 428 | 1:155,193 | 24,084 |
| Germany | 426 | 1:188,980 | 21,939 |
| Peru | 377 | 1:84,308 | 5,763 |
| Solomon Islands | 316 | 1:1,836 | 141 |
| Benin | 310 | 1:33,341 | 4,358 |
| Philippines | 288 | 1:351,522 | 47,258 |
| Saudi Arabia | 278 | 1:110,992 | 14,774 |
| Pakistan | 271 | 1:659,203 | 10,166 |
| Kenya | 208 | 1:222,019 | 15,715 |
| Estonia | 173 | 1:7,640 | 979 |
| Canada | 155 | 1:237,713 | 22,683 |
| Russia | 155 | 1:929,826 | 73,265 |
| DR Congo | 144 | 1:513,053 | 40,658 |
| Bolivia | 130 | 1:81,665 | 3,479 |
| Austria | 128 | 1:66,527 | 10,251 |
| Zimbabwe | 128 | 1:120,611 | 16,273 |
| Congo | 125 | 1:39,913 | 3,755 |
| Afghanistan | 109 | 1:294,983 | 4,713 |
| Kazakhstan | 100 | 1:176,825 | 17,012 |
| Romania | 99 | 1:202,807 | 20,158 |
| United Arab Emirates | 97 | 1:94,456 | 8,360 |
| Qatar | 87 | 1:27,103 | 2,847 |
| England | 73 | 1:763,261 | 41,903 |
| Sweden | 58 | 1:169,772 | 11,770 |
| Cambodia | 56 | 1:276,556 | 3,395 |
| Hungary | 54 | 1:181,783 | 15,754 |
| Australia | 52 | 1:519,148 | 39,018 |
| Cyprus | 47 | 1:18,827 | 2,132 |
| Spain | 40 | 1:1,168,801 | 40,601 |
| Brazil | 26 | 1:8,233,628 | 183,715 |
| Burkina Faso | 21 | 1:873,910 | 9,338 |
| Denmark | 20 | 1:282,236 | 21,168 |
| Japan | 20 | 1:6,392,215 | 41,807 |
| Belgium | 19 | 1:605,087 | 54,956 |
| Norway | 19 | 1:270,647 | 28,127 |
| Ivory Coast | 18 | 1:1,281,735 | 28,562 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Uganda | 16 | 1:2,439,955 | 72,451 |
| Netherlands | 15 | 1:1,125,812 | 68,885 |
| Taiwan | 14 | 1:1,674,625 | 11,030 |
| Mexico | 12 | 1:10,343,850 | 40,270 |
| Belarus | 10 | 1:950,106 | 68,851 |
| Mauritania | 10 | 1:409,486 | 16,302 |
| Croatia | 8 | 1:528,576 | 38,675 |
| Bulgaria | 7 | 1:996,986 | 34,534 |
| Nepal | 7 | 1:4,068,708 | 11,207 |
| Latvia | 6 | 1:341,674 | 26,199 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Tunisia | 6 | 1:101,771 | 14,710 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Turkey | 5 | 1:15,564,284 | 149,633 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Comoros | 4 | 1:187,381 | 421 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Mongolia | 4 | 1:706,322 | 11,365 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:1,338,454 | 35,497 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Armenia | 3 | 1:976,727 | 13,552 |
| Serbia | 3 | 1:2,381,649 | 30,913 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
The alternate forms: Kári (158) & Käri (10) are calculated separately.
Kari (339,245) may also be a first name.
Kari Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
This surname derives from the Arabic word kari (قاري), which in Arabic means 'cultured'.
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Kari Religious Adherence
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Kari Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kari Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kari (Bengali: কৈরী, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﺭﻱ, Hindi: कारी, Marathi: करी, Oriya: କାରି, Russian: Кари, Tibetan: ཀ་རི།) is found most frequently in India. It can also appear in the variant forms: Kári or Käri. Click here to see other potential spellings of Kari.
How Common Is The Last Name Kari? popularity and diffusion
Kari is the 11,084th most numerous last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 143,770 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 50 percent of Kari are found; 31 percent are found in South Asia and 26 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Kari is also the 3,066th most frequently held first name world-wide, held by 339,245 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in India, where it is carried by 13,348 people, or 1 in 57,467. In India it is most frequent in: Andhra Pradesh, where 35 percent reside, Karnataka, where 18 percent reside and Bihar, where 9 percent reside. Excluding India it occurs in 112 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 15 percent reside and Cameroon, where 11 percent reside.
Kari Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Kari has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 18,233 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Kari Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Kari last name is principally Orthodox (82%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya, Muslim (63%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Kari surname are 1.62% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 51.61% registered with the political party.
The amount Kari earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 31.75% less than the national average, earning 236,192 kr per year; in Peru they earn 33.09% less than the national average, earning S/. 12,971 per year; in United States they earn 14.44% more than the national average, earning $49,380 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.18% more than the national average, earning $54,243 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kari Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kari in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཀ་རི། | kari | - |
| Kari in the Hindi language | ||
| कारी | kari | 93.69 |
| करी | kari | 5.1 |
| कारि | kari | 0.26 |
| करि | kari | 0.2 |
| ंकारी | nkari | 0.07 |
| काली | kali | 0.03 |
| हरि | hari | 0.03 |
| कड़ी | kari | 0.03 |
| काड़ी | kari | 0.03 |
| कऋ | ka'r | 0.03 |
| Kari in the Bengali language | ||
| কৈরী | kairi | 93.01 |
| কারী | kari | 3.86 |
| কৈরি | kairi | 1.69 |
| করি | kari | 0.72 |
| ক্বারী | kbari | 0.24 |
| করী | kari | 0.24 |
| কারি | kari | 0.24 |
| Kari in the Oriya language | ||
| କାରି | kari | 71.47 |
| କାରୀ | kari | 23.32 |
| କରି | kari | 3.47 |
| କରୀ | kari | 0.91 |
| େକାରୀ | ekari | 0.15 |
| କାଟି | kati | 0.08 |
| େକାରି | ekari | 0.08 |
| କେର୍ଇ | ker'i | 0.08 |
| କାରୢ | kara | 0.08 |
| Kari in the Marathi language | ||
| करी | kari | 56.07 |
| कारी | kari | 41.84 |
| केारी | keari | 1.46 |
| अकारी | akari | 0.21 |
| Kari in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﺭﻱ | kary | 33.33 |
| ﻛﺎﺭﻯ | kary | 11.11 |
| ﻛﻮﺭﻱ | kwry | 11.11 |
| ﻗﺎﺭﻱ | qary | 11.11 |
| ﻛﻮﺭﻯ | kwry | 11.11 |
| ﺍﻟﻜﻮﺭﻱ | alkwry | 11.11 |
| ﻛﺮﻱ | kry | 11.11 |
| Kari in the Russian language | ||
| Кари | kari | - |
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