Frequency: (714)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Muslim: from a personal name based on Arabic karīm ‘kind’, ‘generous’.Al-Karīm ‘the Generous’ is an attribute of Allah. The word is found in compound names such as ῾Abdul-Karīm ‘servant of the Most Generous’.
GIVEN NAMES: Muslim 78%. Abdul (32), Mohammad (16), Mohammed (9), Fazal (8), Syed (8), Rezaul (7), Aziz (6), Aminul (5), Anwar (5), Iqbal (5), Muhammad (5), Ali (4).
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