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The Karman surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 608 people carried this name — #36,736 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 476,200 people counted. That is down 1% from 614 in 2000.

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In Poland’s population register

292 people named Karman have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 429 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 12 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lublin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Lublin 78
Greater Poland 46
Warmian-Masurian 40
Podlaskie 31
Lower Silesian 19
Lubusz 18
Pomeranian 15
Masovian 15

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 83 people named Karman.

8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Moselle.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 8
Moselle 44
Paris 11
Meurthe-et-Moselle 6
Pas-de-Calais 4
Nord 2
Puy-de-Dôme 2
Wallis and Futuna 1
French Guiana 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In the Nordic population registers

172 people named Karman is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 172

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).

Who carried it

People named Karman,
with a public archive behind them.

  • André Karman 1924–1984 · politician
  • Harvey Karman 1924–2008 · psychologist
  • Jaap Karman 1942– · sculptor
  • Jean-Jacques Karman 1946– · politician
  • James Karman 1947– · university teacher
  • Janice Karman 1954– · screenwriter

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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