Caraian Surname
Approximately 272 people bear this surname
Caraian Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 164 | 1:122,426 | 13,459 |
| Moldova | 84 | 1:42,397 | 6,377 |
| France | 9 | 1:7,380,302 | 306,885 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
The alternate forms: Cărăian (9) & Cäräian (1) are calculated separately.
Caraian Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Caraian Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Caraian is found most frequently in Romania. It can also occur as: Cărăian or Cäräian. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Caraian? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 959,117th most frequently occurring family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 26,792,448 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Caraian are found; 91 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 91 percent are found in Romanian Europe.
Caraian is most prevalent in Romania, where it is carried by 164 people, or 1 in 122,426. In Romania it is most frequent in: Cluj County, where 49 percent reside, Bucharest Municipality, where 25 percent reside and Sălaj County, where 18 percent reside. Aside from Romania this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Moldova, where 31 percent reside and France, where 3 percent reside.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Caraian
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