Karkam Surname
Approximately 121 people bear this surname
Karkam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 101 | 1:7,594,707 | 163,091 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
Karkam (67) may also be a first name.
Karkam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karkam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Karkam (Marathi: करकम, Russian: Каркам) is more commonly found in India than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Karkam? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,649,806th most widely held surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 60,227,652 people. Karkam occurs predominantly in Asia, where 90 percent of Karkam live; 84 percent live in South Asia and 83 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,191,548th most frequent first name throughout the world, borne by 67 people.
The surname Karkam is most commonly held in India, where it is carried by 101 people, or 1 in 7,594,707. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Telangana, where 67 percent are found, Maharashtra, where 22 percent are found and Andhra Pradesh, where 9 percent are found. Aside from India it occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kearkam | 92 | 4 | / |
| Karkame | 92 | 1 | / |
| Karkham | 92 | 1 | / |
| Khearkam | 86 | 2 | / |
| Kearkham | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kerkam | 83 | 59 | / |
| Carkam | 83 | 42 | / |
| Karcam | 83 | 2 | / |
| Karkom | 83 | 2 | / |
| Karkamova | 80 | 23 | / |
| Kerkham | 77 | 150 | / |
| Kerkamm | 77 | 19 | / |
| Korkham | 77 | 6 | / |
| Kotrkam | 77 | 5 | / |
| Karkoum | 77 | 2 | / |
| Carkham | 77 | 2 | / |
| Kairkom | 77 | 1 | / |
| Khorkam | 77 | 1 | / |
| Khorkham | 71 | 1 | / |
| Qarqam | 67 | 417 | / |
| Korkom | 67 | 80 | / |
| Korcam | 67 | 56 | / |
| Kerkom | 67 | 8 | / |
| Carcam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kheirkhahm | 63 | 1 | / |
| Carcame | 62 | 22 | / |
| Corkham | 62 | 4 | / |
| Kherkhom | 57 | 1 | / |
| Kerkheim | 57 | 0 | / |
| Corkom | 50 | 1 | / |
| Kercom | 50 | 1 | / |
Karkam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karkam in the Marathi language | ||
| करकम | karakama | 93.75 |
| ककर्म | kakarma | 6.25 |
| Karkam in the Russian language | ||
| Каркам | karkam | - |
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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 Karkam
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