Karna Surname
Approximately 37,420 people bear this surname
Karna Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepal | 21,245 | 1:1,341 | 204 |
| India | 10,587 | 1:72,454 | 4,915 |
| Indonesia | 3,504 | 1:37,742 | 4,377 |
| United States | 403 | 1:899,402 | 67,834 |
| Poland | 206 | 1:184,508 | 25,151 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| DR Congo | 192 | 1:384,789 | 33,038 |
| Iran | 148 | 1:518,801 | 30,373 |
| Qatar | 137 | 1:17,212 | 1,876 |
| United Arab Emirates | 110 | 1:83,293 | 7,578 |
| Ivory Coast | 96 | 1:240,325 | 9,685 |
| Croatia | 52 | 1:81,319 | 13,910 |
| South Africa | 42 | 1:1,289,945 | 71,309 |
| Serbia | 40 | 1:178,624 | 11,446 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| England | 38 | 1:1,466,265 | 63,675 |
| Australia | 34 | 1:793,991 | 50,673 |
| Canada | 31 | 1:1,188,567 | 86,017 |
| Cameroon | 27 | 1:769,225 | 54,005 |
| Latvia | 27 | 1:75,928 | 11,170 |
| Malaysia | 23 | 1:1,282,358 | 54,976 |
| Netherlands | 21 | 1:804,151 | 59,518 |
| Suriname | 19 | 1:29,085 | 5,642 |
| Germany | 18 | 1:4,472,526 | 177,866 |
| Finland | 15 | 1:366,447 | 25,366 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 12 | 1:294,700 | 12,460 |
| Thailand | 11 | 1:6,421,668 | 407,040 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Hungary | 8 | 1:1,227,035 | 53,030 |
| Ukraine | 8 | 1:5,690,337 | 241,823 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| Belarus | 5 | 1:1,900,212 | 97,012 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 1:1,509,441 | 47,971 |
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 24 | 1:2,092,445 | 103,667 |
The alternate forms: Karná (46) & Kárná (22) are calculated separately.
Karna (104,517) may also be a first name.
Karna Demographics
Average Karna Salary in
United States
$46,597 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Karna Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karna Come From? nationality or country of origin
Karna (Arabic: كرنا, Bengali: কর্ন, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﺭﻥ, Hindi: कर्ण, Marathi: कण, Oriya: କର୍, Russian: Карна, Tibetan: ཀར་ན་) is most common in Nepal. It may also appear as a variant: Karná or Kárná. Click here for further potential spellings of Karna.
How Common Is The Last Name Karna? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 14,889th most frequently occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 194,750 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Karna are found; 86 percent are found in South Asia and 85 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Karna is also the 9,796th most widespread forename on earth, borne by 104,517 people.
This last name is most common in Nepal, where it is borne by 21,245 people, or 1 in 1,341. In Nepal it is primarily found in: Janakpur, where 48 percent are found, Sagarmatha, where 18 percent are found and Narayani, where 14 percent are found. Other than Nepal this last name occurs in 74 countries. It is also found in India, where 28 percent are found and Indonesia, where 9 percent are found.
Karna Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Karna has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Karna surname rose 1,679 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Karna Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Karna surname are 0.94% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 54.17% registered with the political party.
The amount Karna earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 13.44% more than the national average, earning R 269,568 per year; in United States they earn 7.99% more than the national average, earning $46,597 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.65% more than the national average, earning $60,440 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Karna Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karna in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﺭﻥ | karn | - |
| Karna in the Oriya language | ||
| କର୍ | kar | 85.01 |
| କଣର୍ | kanar | 2.63 |
| କାନର୍ା | kanara | 2.14 |
| କ | ka | 2.04 |
| କାର୍ା | kara | 1.72 |
| କାରନା | karana | 1.33 |
| କନର୍ | kanar | 0.91 |
| କଣ | kana | 0.35 |
| କର୍ା | kara | 0.32 |
| ଜାନୀ | jani | 0.18 |
| କରନ | karana | 0.07 |
| କର୍ଚ | karca | 0.07 |
| ପରଜା | paraja | 0.07 |
| କାର୍ନା | karna | 0.07 |
| କରନା | karana | 0.07 |
| ଭାର | bhara | 0.04 |
| କର୍ତାି | kartai | 0.04 |
| କାଡ଼ାକା | karaka | 0.04 |
| କାରାନା | karana | 0.04 |
| ଅର୍ନା | arna | 0.04 |
| କନନ୍ | kanan | 0.04 |
| କାନ | kana | 0.04 |
| କଣଜ୍ | kanaj | 0.04 |
| କାରାନ | karana | 0.04 |
| କନ | kana | 0.04 |
| େଗୗଡ଼ | egara | 0.04 |
| ଯାନୀ | yani | 0.04 |
| ଜାନି | jani | 0.04 |
| ବାରିକ | barika | 0.04 |
| କରୁଣା | karuna | 0.04 |
| ମଣି | mani | 0.04 |
| କର୍ନ୍ | karn | 0.04 |
| କାରଣା | karana | 0.04 |
| ବାଇନା | ba'ina | 0.04 |
| Karna in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཀར་ན་ | karna | 65.49 |
| དཀར་ན་ | karna | 32.58 |
| དཀར་ན | karna | 0.64 |
| ཀཱར་ན་ | karna | 0.32 |
| ཀར་ན | karna | 0.32 |
| ཀར་ན། | karna | 0.16 |
| དཀར་་ན | karna | 0.16 |
| ཀརྨ་ | karma | 0.16 |
| ཀར་ནཱ་ | karna | 0.16 |
| Karna in the Hindi language | ||
| कर्ण | karna | 62.8 |
| करना | karana | 27.3 |
| करणा | karana | 2.8 |
| कर्णा | karna | 1.8 |
| र्कण | rkana | 1.5 |
| कर्ना | karna | 1.2 |
| करन | karana | 0.9 |
| करण्ा | karana | 0.7 |
| कारना | karana | 0.3 |
| करूणा | karuna | 0.2 |
| करण | karana | 0.1 |
| कर्न | karna | 0.1 |
| कार्ना | karna | 0.1 |
| Karna in the Marathi language | ||
| कण | kana | 55.88 |
| कणर् | kanar | 18.2 |
| करना | karana | 13.97 |
| कन | kana | 3.13 |
| करणा | karana | 2.76 |
| करण | karana | 1.65 |
| कान | kana | 0.74 |
| कारण | karana | 0.55 |
| कनर् | kanar | 0.55 |
| कारना | karana | 0.55 |
| करुणा | karuna | 0.37 |
| कणा | kana | 0.18 |
| कर | kara | 0.18 |
| कांत | kanta | 0.18 |
| करून | karuna | 0.18 |
| Karna in the Bengali language | ||
| কর্ন | karna | 41.44 |
| কর্ণ | karna | 39.78 |
| কর্না | karna | 7.73 |
| কর্ণা | karna | 1.1 |
| করনা | karana | 0.55 |
| কারণ | karana | 0.55 |
| কন্যা | kan'ya | 0.55 |
| কর্ন্স | karnsa | 0.55 |
| Karna in the Russian language | ||
| Карна | karna | - |
| Karna in the Arabic language | ||
| كرنا | krna | - |
| كارنا | karna | - |
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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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