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 held by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Karmah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karmah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 292,829th most common last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 5,584,326 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 63 percent of Karmah live; 62 percent live in West Africa and 61 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. Karmah is also the 112,202nd most commonly used first name internationally, borne by 3,900 people.
The last name Karmah is most widely held in Liberia, where it is borne by 790 people, or 1 in 5,580. In Liberia it is most numerous in: Nimba County, where 35 percent live, Montserrado County, where 24 percent live and Bomi County, where 12 percent live. Beside Liberia Karmah exists in 11 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 17 percent live and Indonesia, where 11 percent live.
Karmah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Karmah has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 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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