Karima Surname
Approximately 28,145 people bear this surname
Karima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 15,230 | 1:10,463 | 864 |
| Morocco | 3,204 | 1:10,760 | 1,531 |
| Zimbabwe | 1,807 | 1:8,544 | 1,009 |
| Indonesia | 1,372 | 1:96,392 | 10,013 |
| Egypt | 1,281 | 1:71,769 | 6,590 |
| Kenya | 1,134 | 1:40,723 | 4,272 |
| Nigeria | 871 | 1:203,379 | 12,159 |
| Comoros | 530 | 1:1,414 | 208 |
| DR Congo | 342 | 1:216,022 | 21,248 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Niger | 269 | 1:71,346 | 3,222 |
| India | 254 | 1:3,019,942 | 90,331 |
| Pakistan | 232 | 1:770,017 | 11,126 |
| Tanzania | 167 | 1:317,016 | 24,066 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| France | 138 | 1:481,324 | 67,982 |
| Iran | 132 | 1:581,686 | 32,703 |
| United Arab Emirates | 103 | 1:88,954 | 7,958 |
| Afghanistan | 83 | 1:387,388 | 5,507 |
| Uganda | 61 | 1:639,988 | 33,288 |
| Papua New Guinea | 55 | 1:148,249 | 20,445 |
| Tunisia | 40 | 1:15,266 | 2,487 |
| United States | 39 | 1:9,293,819 | 392,288 |
| Lebanon | 38 | 1:148,344 | 7,289 |
| Russia | 37 | 1:3,895,218 | 191,585 |
| Iraq | 37 | 1:946,531 | 12,381 |
| Cameroon | 24 | 1:865,378 | 58,754 |
| Netherlands | 21 | 1:804,151 | 59,518 |
| Kazakhstan | 19 | 1:930,658 | 56,702 |
| Canada | 18 | 1:2,046,977 | 128,463 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Syria | 14 | 1:1,378,644 | 7,647 |
| South Africa | 13 | 1:4,167,516 | 132,322 |
| Zambia | 13 | 1:1,219,225 | 30,856 |
| Finland | 13 | 1:422,823 | 27,659 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Algeria | 9 | 1:4,292,395 | 48,087 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Solomon Islands | 7 | 1:82,861 | 15,196 |
| Belgium | 7 | 1:1,642,378 | 98,400 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 1:2,986,327 | 84,533 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
The alternate forms: Karimã (1) are calculated separately.
Karima (756,226) may also be a first name.
Karima Demographics
Karima Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Karima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karima Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Karima (Arabic: كريمهّ, Bengali: করিমা, Georgian: კარიმა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺮﻳﻤﻪ, Hindi: करीमा, Marathi: करीमा, Oriya: କରିମା, Russian: Карима) is more frequently found in Bangladesh than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Karimã. For other possible spellings of Karima click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karima? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 19,492nd most commonly occurring family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 258,929 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 63 percent of Karima are found; 57 percent are found in South Asia and 56 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Karima is also the 1,250th most widely held given name globally, borne by 756,226 people.
It is most frequent in Bangladesh, where it is borne by 15,230 people, or 1 in 10,463. Outside of Bangladesh this surname exists in 73 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 11 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 6 percent reside.
Karima Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is predominantly Christian (88%) in Kenya and Sunni (88%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Karima last name are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 66.67% being registered with the party.
The amount Karima earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 14.65% less than the national average, earning $36,826 USD per year and in Canada they earn 27.78% more than the national average, earning $63,483 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Karima Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karima in the Georgian language | ||
| კარიმა | karima | - |
| Karima in the Bengali language | ||
| করিমা | karima | 97.37 |
| কারীমা | karima | 2.63 |
| Karima in the Hindi language | ||
| करीमा | karima | 94.95 |
| करिमा | karima | 4.53 |
| कारिमा | karima | 0.22 |
| कारीमा | karima | 0.15 |
| करीम | karima | 0.12 |
| रेशमा | resama | 0.02 |
| Karima in the Marathi language | ||
| करीमा | karima | 91.29 |
| करीम | karima | 1.4 |
| कारीमा | karima | 1 |
| करीमाबी | karimabi | 0.3 |
| अिमन | aimana | 0.3 |
| कमाल | kamala | 0.3 |
| कािसम | kaisama | 0.2 |
| करीया | kariya | 0.1 |
| शेकरीमा | sekarima | 0.1 |
| अकरम | akarama | 0.1 |
| कासीम | kasima | 0.1 |
| मुकरी | mukari | 0.1 |
| कमीमा | kamima | 0.1 |
| अिमत | aimata | 0.1 |
| कािरमा | kairama | 0.1 |
| कमरू | kamaru | 0.1 |
| कलीम | kalima | 0.1 |
| अरिशद | arisada | 0.1 |
| कासीमसो | kasimaso | 0.1 |
| अिमना | aimana | 0.1 |
| Karima in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺮﻳﻤﻪ | krymh | 75 |
| ﻛﺮﻳﻤﺔ | krymt | 25 |
| Karima in the Oriya language | ||
| କରିମା | karima | 69.66 |
| କାରିମା | karima | 24.72 |
| କାରୀମା | karima | 2.25 |
| କରୀମା | karima | 2.25 |
| କରିମ | karima | 1.12 |
| Karima in the Russian language | ||
| Карима | karima | - |
| Karima in the Arabic language | ||
| كريمهّ | krymh | - |
| كريمة | krymt | - |
| كريمه | krymh | - |
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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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- 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 Karima
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