Karmah Surname
Approximately 1,305 people bear this surname
Karmah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 790 | 1:5,580 | 671 |
| Iran | 220 | 1:349,011 | 23,365 |
| Indonesia | 149 | 1:887,578 | 66,606 |
| Israel | 111 | 1:77,096 | 9,393 |
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Mauritius | 4 | 1:323,354 | 10,053 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Karmah (3,900) may also be a first name.
Karmah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karmah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Karmah (Oriya: କମର୍ଃ) is found most in Liberia. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karmah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 292,829th most frequently held surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,584,326 people. The last name Karmah is predominantly found in Africa, where 63 percent of Karmah are found; 62 percent are found in West Africa and 61 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. Karmah is also the 112,202nd most widely held first name in the world, borne by 3,900 people.
The last name Karmah is most frequently used in Liberia, where it is borne by 790 people, or 1 in 5,580. In Liberia it is most prevalent in: Nimba County, where 35 percent are found, Montserrado County, where 24 percent are found and Bomi County, where 12 percent are found. Outside of Liberia this surname is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 17 percent are found and Indonesia, where 11 percent are found.
Karmah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Karmah has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Karmah surname contracted 43 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Karmah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karmah in the Oriya language | ||
| କମର୍ଃ | kamarh | - |
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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 Karmah
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