The Kari surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 530 people carried this name — #41,100 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 555,600 people counted. That is down 22% from 677 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 69 people named Kari.
Most of them — 40 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often La Réunion.
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 the Nordic population registers
2,185 people named Kari are counted in Finland and Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Kari,
with a public archive behind them.
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J. K. Kari 1868–1921 · politician -
Kaarlo Kari 1872–1941 · painter -
Naimi Kari 1878–1968 · film actor -
Naimi Kari 1878–1968 · film actor
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Jussi Kari 1887–1951 · sculptor -
Vieno Kari d. 1985
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kari.
- Karapetyan 1,260 · U.S. census
- Karas 5,858 · U.S. census
- Karch 1,506 · U.S. census
- Karcher 3,746 · U.S. census
- Karcz 644 · U.S. census
- Karczewski 1,058 · U.S. census
- Karim 5,729 · U.S. census
- Karl 6,564 · U.S. census
- Karle 1,768 · U.S. census
- Karm 291 · U.S. census
- Karman 608 · U.S. census
- Karmann 285 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Kari is.
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