Kareem is used as a family name or surname in Iraq. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Kareem
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Iraq
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Kareem

How popular is Kareem?

Kareem is common in Iraq.

Kareem is ranked 1833 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Kareems grew by 92.44444 per cent to 866 since 2000 and ranked 27756 after elevating 17139 spots. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 42.61 50.44
White 30.72 20.67
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 15.36 14.22
Others 8.89 12.67
Kareem is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Iraq which signifies that it is originated from Iraq. Around 298290 people have been found who wears Kareem as their family name. Kareem is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
9,568 Thailand8
7,022 Senegal7
854 Yemen6
9,949 Trinidad and Tobago6
1,039 Libya5
9,391 Guyana5
122,390 Belarus4
32,472 Azerbaijan3
22,232 Morocco3
667 Sierra Leone3
3,224 Afghanistan3
3,340 Jamaica3
18,625 Japan2
20,186 Kenya2
12,161 Wales2
2,152 Niger2
5,298 Botswana2
8,995 Uganda2
6,462 Ivory Coast2
1,472 The Bahamas2
54,135 Philippines2
20,595 China2
89,020 Tanzania2
6,820 Angola1
7,847 Albania1
28,746 Algeria1
50,549 Georgia1
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
7,790 Zambia1
12,745 Luxembourg1
6,688 Malawi1
56,169 Mexico1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
58,885 Poland1
36,814 Romania1
29,595 Iran1
7,895 South Korea1
2,196 Liberia1
531 Greenland1
25,746 Finland1
81,201 Switzerland1
11,831 Tajikistan1
15,705 Cameroon1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
507 Maldives50
20,906 Israel47
6,873 Ireland44
46,489 Australia43
55,100 Spain33
14,963 Scotland26
297,046 Russia25
266,355 Indonesia23
1,737 Iceland22
69,202 Netherlands18
29,040 Denmark15
29,517 New Zealand12
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
3,514 Singapore95
40,037 Canada80
12,704 Sweden73
78,184 Italy67
73,831 Ukraine62
133,875 France61
13,876 Norway52
Countries with hundreds of Kareem:
1,136 Jordan925
33,510 United States866
8,407 England790
916 Oman588
641 Kuwait557
4,155 Malaysia556
402 Qatar516
6,557 Ghana399
16,752 South Africa365
34,330 Germany303
24,716 Turkey210
856 Bahrain183
4,554 Lebanon105
Countries with thousands of Kareem:
532 Sudan8,247
456 Saudi Arabia7,542
2,650 Bangladesh3,438
1,196 Syria2,939
422 United Arab Emirates2,186
2,323 Sri Lanka1,109
Countries with ten thousands of Kareem:
243 Nigeria89,867
596 Pakistan33,694
2,908 India18,568
699 Egypt15,526
Countries with hundred thousands of Kareem:
17 Iraq107,862
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Kareem Namesakes

  • Basel Kareem, Actor
  • Bolaji Kareem, Author
  • Farman Kareem, Film Editor
  • Onaje Kareem Kenyatta, Film Score Composer
  • Elamaram Kareem, Indian Politician
  • Khalid Kareem, Soccer player
  • Kianna Kareem, Khalid Kareem's sister
  • Hafiz Abdul Kareem, Politician
  • Onaje Kareem Kenyatta, Film Score Composer
  • Yaqub Kareem, Boxer
  • In 2016, Lamiaa' Kareem portrayed the role of N in drama movie Elbar El Tani.

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