Abdul-Karim

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Abdul-Karim is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Sweden than in any other country. Recorded meaning: servant of the bountiful.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 608K(measured from records)
  • NGNigeria≈1 in 719K
  • SESweden1 in 15K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Sweden (measured from records)

702 people

Sources
108 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 15K (inferred from the name graph)

Sweden

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Abdulkarim in NG Nigeria, US United States, TZ Tanzania.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

servant of the bountiful

Sources 2

  • Whats in a name = Unaitwaje a Swahili book of names
  • Nordic Names

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Abdul-Karim counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Abdul-Karim is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
SE Sweden—7021 in 15K702—16
GH Ghana—≈610 est.≈1 in 48K—Abdul-Karim17
US United States—5471 in 608K695Abdulkarim108
TZ Tanzania—≈550 est.≈1 in 107K1Abdulkarim16
NG Nigeria#992≈300 est.≈1 in 719K—Abdulkarim60
DK Denmark—641 in 92K79—1
FI Finland—551 in 101K97—2

702 people counted by Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); INEC Special Gazette 2021 — 2020 parliamentary election results; DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Abdul-Karim is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Arabic given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Syria, Türkiye, Saudi Arabia, United States

    Also written Abdulkarim, Abdülkarim, Abdul-Karîm

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Ăbdu̇lkărim, Abdulkarim, Abdulkarīm

  • French given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Tanzania, Syria

    Also written Abdulkarim

  • Swahili given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Nigeria, Tanzania, Kenya, India

    Also written Abdulkarim

  • Spanish given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, United States, Brazil, Nigeria

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Abdulkarim, Abdülkarim

  • Finnish given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Tanzania, Nigeria

    Also written Abdulkarim

  • Russian given name46 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan

    Languages: Russian, Uzbek, Kazakh

    Also written Абдулкарим, Абдул-Карим, Абдулькарим, Abdulkarim, Абдулкарім

  • Swedish given name10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Sweden, Denmark, Tanzania, Norway

    Languages: Swedish, Danish, Norwegian

    Also written Abdulkarim

21 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 15 sources across 11 countries.

Official registers attesting Abdul-Karim
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—27#20,480
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—20#21,227
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—20#20,271
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)202012—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201912—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201812—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201712—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201611—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201011—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201510—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201410—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201110—

Reference works 1

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Abdul-Karim mean, and where does it come from?
servant of the bountiful Recorded by Whats in a name = Unaitwaje a Swahili book of names and Nordic Names.
In which country does Abdul-Karim have the most bearers?
In Sweden, the national register counted about 702 people named Abdul-Karim, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Abdul-Karim most common?
Abdul-Karim is densest in Sweden, where the national register counts about 1 in 15 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Abdul-Karim?
In Sweden, the national register counted 702 people named Abdul-Karim, about 1 in 15 thousand residents.
How common is Abdul-Karim compared with other names?
In Nigeria, Abdul-Karim is the 992nd most common given name of 138,191 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Abdul-Karim” — the 992nd most common given name in Nigeria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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