Family name كارثة (Kartha 
, كارثة 
) , throughout the world, is quite a rare cognomen. The cognomen كارثة is habitual in Western Asia, particularly United Arab Emirates, where it is quite a rare surname, Qatar, and Bahrain. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in India, United Arab Emirates, and Indonesia. Very seldom, كارثة is the forename as well as the last name.