Karims Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Lebanon

Karims Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Karims Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220

Karims (20) may also be a first name.

Karims Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Karims Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Karims occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Karims? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,360,413th most widespread surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name Karims is primarily found in Asia, where 67 percent of Karims live; 33 percent live in Southeast Asia and 33 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Karims is also the 2,446,817th most frequently held first name on earth It is held by 20 people.

It is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 66,124,597. In Indonesia Karims is most frequent in: Riau, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Indonesia this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 22 percent live and India, where 11 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Karimse922/
Karimz834/
Karimsova802/
Kareems777/
Karimche711/
Karemshh711/
Korems6717/
Carums671/
Kerems670/
Koremse628/
Kareemx621/
Korrums621/
Kerrems620/
Corems504/

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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 Karims
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