Karume Surname
Approximately 7,449 people bear this surname
Karume Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 3,129 | 1:16,920 | 2,182 |
| DR Congo | 2,312 | 1:31,955 | 3,980 |
| Kenya | 1,485 | 1:31,098 | 3,398 |
| Zimbabwe | 352 | 1:43,859 | 6,751 |
| Nigeria | 44 | 1:4,025,972 | 113,480 |
| Uganda | 41 | 1:952,178 | 42,125 |
| United States | 38 | 1:9,538,393 | 399,091 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Senegal | 6 | 1:2,429,890 | 4,996 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Karume (1,251) may also be a first name.
Karume Demographics
Karume Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Karume Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karume Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Karume (Arabic: كرومي, Russian: Каруме) is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Karume? popularity and diffusion
Karume is the 66,848th most frequently held family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 978,325 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Karume reside; 63 percent reside in East Africa and 60 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 223,227th most frequently occurring forename globally It is held by 1,251 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is held by 3,129 people, or 1 in 16,920. In Tanzania Karume is most common in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 18 percent live, Kigoma Region, where 16 percent live and Mara Region, where 10 percent live. Aside from Tanzania this last name occurs in 29 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 31 percent live and Kenya, where 20 percent live.
Karume Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Karume surname is primarily Christian (95%) in Kenya.
Karume earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 6.07% more than the national average, earning $45,768 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Karume Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karume in the Russian language | ||
| Каруме | karume | - |
| Karume in the Arabic language | ||
| كرومي | krwmy | - |
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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 Karume
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