Kerim Surname
Approximately 10,722 people bear this surname
Kerim Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 2,415 | 1:3,001 | 427 |
| Chad | 2,311 | 1:5,882 | 869 |
| Turkey | 1,795 | 1:43,355 | 4,408 |
| Bulgaria | 819 | 1:8,521 | 1,000 |
| Egypt | 580 | 1:158,510 | 12,069 |
| Algeria | 524 | 1:73,724 | 11,813 |
| Mauritania | 471 | 1:8,694 | 927 |
| Kazakhstan | 416 | 1:42,506 | 5,553 |
| Nigeria | 206 | 1:859,916 | 37,696 |
| India | 143 | 1:5,364,094 | 131,111 |
| Azerbaijan | 114 | 1:84,641 | 3,130 |
| Russia | 98 | 1:1,470,643 | 101,259 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 96 | 1:62,215 | 8,540 |
| United States | 65 | 1:5,576,291 | 276,051 |
| Turkmenistan | 56 | 1:98,020 | 1,979 |
| France | 53 | 1:1,253,259 | 128,888 |
| Canada | 51 | 1:722,463 | 57,796 |
| Greece | 51 | 1:217,251 | 33,995 |
| Australia | 39 | 1:692,197 | 46,687 |
| Northern Cyprus | 38 | 1:8,395 | 2,026 |
| Iraq | 37 | 1:946,531 | 12,381 |
| England | 32 | 1:1,741,189 | 71,393 |
| Malaysia | 31 | 1:951,427 | 42,969 |
| Sweden | 30 | 1:328,225 | 22,987 |
| Belgium | 27 | 1:425,802 | 43,971 |
| Germany | 26 | 1:3,096,364 | 143,912 |
| Norway | 23 | 1:223,578 | 24,793 |
| Indonesia | 20 | 1:6,612,460 | 283,723 |
| North Macedonia | 17 | 1:123,616 | 9,990 |
| Cyprus | 16 | 1:55,305 | 5,325 |
| Argentina | 13 | 1:3,287,955 | 132,850 |
| Benin | 12 | 1:861,300 | 44,192 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Croatia | 4 | 1:1,057,151 | 57,892 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Kosovo | 2 | 1:930,934 | 12,188 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
The alternate forms: Kérim (1) are calculated separately.
Kerim (58,268) may also be a first name.
Kerim Demographics
Kerim Political Affiliation
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Kerim Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kerim Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kerim (Arabic: كاريم, Georgian: კერიმ, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻜﺮﻳﻢ, Hindi: केरीम, Marathi: करीम, Oriya: େକରିମ, Russian: Керим) is borne by more people in Togo than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as: Kérim. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kerim? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 48,151st most common family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 679,682 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 61 percent of Kerim reside; 51 percent reside in West Africa and 25 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 16,245th most widely held forename world-wide, borne by 58,268 people.
The last name is most common in Togo, where it is borne by 2,415 people, or 1 in 3,001. Other than Togo it is found in 64 countries. It is also found in Chad, where 22 percent reside and Turkey, where 17 percent reside.
Kerim Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan.
In The United States Kerim are 13.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60% being registered with the party.
The amount Kerim earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 9.37% less than the national average, earning 313,666 kr per year; in United States they earn 13.88% more than the national average, earning $49,136 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.58% less than the national average, earning $43,928 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kerim Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kerim in the Georgian language | ||
| კერიმ | kerim | - |
| Kerim in the Oriya language | ||
| େକରିମ | ekarima | - |
| Kerim in the Marathi language | ||
| करीम | karima | - |
| Kerim in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻜﺮﻳﻢ | alkrym | 61.38 |
| ﻛﺮﻳﻢ | krym | 37.93 |
| ﺍﻛﺮﻳﻢ | akrym | 0.69 |
| Kerim in the Hindi language | ||
| केरीम | kerima | 50 |
| केरिमा | kerima | 50 |
| Kerim in the Russian language | ||
| Керим | kerim | - |
| Kerim in the Arabic language | ||
| كاريم | karym | - |
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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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- 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 Kerim
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