The Karam surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 2,581 people carried this name — #11,248 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 104,200 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 169 people named Karam.
Most of them — 117 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Guadeloupe.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
97 people named Karam live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 76 people named Karam live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Karam,
with a public archive behind them.
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Afifa Karam 1883–1924 · translator -
Youssef Salim Bey Karam 1910–1972 · politician -
Salim Bey Karam 1946– · politician -
Antoine Karam 1950– · politician -
Faisal Karam 1960– · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 52 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Karam.
- Kappler 1,258 · U.S. census
- Kapps 212 · U.S. census
- Kaprielian 273 · U.S. census
- Kaps 396 · U.S. census
- Kapusta 896 · U.S. census
- Kara 1,069 · U.S. census
- Karapetyan 778 · U.S. census
- Karas 4,894 · U.S. census
- Karch 1,603 · U.S. census
- Karcher 2,958 · U.S. census
- Karcz 565 · U.S. census
- Karczewski 1,096 · U.S. census
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