Abdul-Karim

Name: Abdul-Karim: recorded bearers, distribution and rank
Creator: Mondonomo
Published: 2026-10-13
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surname · Latin script

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 11 countries · latest register: INEC Special Gazette 2021, 2020

Pronunciation:

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.

SESweden1 in 15K(measured from records)
DKDenmark1 in 92K
FIFinland1 in 101K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

: Sweden (measured from records)
Record sources: 108 (measured from records)
: 1 in 15K (inferred from the name graph)

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Abdulkarim

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

servant of the bountiful

Cited for this meaning 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

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
Country					Most common spelling	Sources
SE Sweden	—	702	1 in 15K	702	—	16
TZ Tanzania	—	≈600 est.	≈1 in 115K	1	Abdulkarim	16
US United States	—	547	1 in 608K	695	Abdulkarim	108
GH Ghana	—	≈470 est.	≈1 in 73K	—	Abdul-Karim	17
NG Nigeria	#992	≈260 est.	≈1 in 888K	—	Abdulkarim	60
DK Denmark	—	64	1 in 92K	79	—	1
FI Finland	—	55	1 in 101K	97	—	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

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.

How to address them

FormalDear Mr Abdul-Karim,

InformalHi Abdul-Karim,

Evidence

15 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 11 countries.

Official registers attesting Abdul-Karim
Country	Register	Year	Count	Rank
SE Sweden	Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)	—	35	#16,742
TZ Tanzania	INEC Special Gazette 2021 — 2020 parliamentary election results	2020	1	#12
US United States	wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)	—	—	—

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.

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 2026-10-13 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 2026-10-13.

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