Karunam Surname

1,214,709th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 193 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
India

Karunam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Karunam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India1911:4,016,049108,912
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Karunam (137) may also be a first name.

Karunam Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Karunam Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Karunam (Hindi: करुणम, Marathi: करुणम, Oriya: କାରୁଣମ୍) occurs more in India more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Karunam? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,214,709th most frequently held surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 37,759,305 people. The last name Karunam occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Karunam reside; 99 percent reside in South Asia and 93 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Karunam is also the 790,880th most common forename at a global level. It is borne by 137 people.

The surname is most frequently held in India, where it is carried by 191 people, or 1 in 4,016,049. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Telangana, where 50 percent live, Andhra Pradesh, where 37 percent live and Goa, where 6 percent live. Not including India this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kharunam931/
Kairunnam8823/
Korunam863/
Kerunam862/
Khaerunaim8217/
Karinaim804/
Kharonam801/
Khairunnaim7829/
Carinam712/
Khoirunnaim6719/
Karinõmm671/
Kerinom571/
Khoironnaim5694/

Karunam Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Karunam in the Oriya language
କାରୁଣମ୍karunam-
Karunam in the Marathi language
करुणमkarunama57.14
करुनमkarunama42.86
Karunam in the Hindi language
करुणमkarunama50
करुनामkarunama50

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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 Karunam
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