Across the world, Karanth (Karanth 
) is an extremely rare masculine forename. Much more prevalently, Karanth is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Karanth | Singapore, India, United Arab Emirates, Australia, United States |
| prema karanth Indian film director (1936-2007), IN (b. 1936) |
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