Carajas Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Carajas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Carajas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil111:19,461,303329,560
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706

The alternate forms: Carajás (9) are calculated separately.

Carajas Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Carajas Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Carajas is more commonly found in Brazil than any other country/territory. It may occur as: Carajás. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Carajas? popularity and diffusion

Carajas is the 4,908,606th most frequently held last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name Carajas is primarily found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Carajas are found; 75 percent are found in South America and 69 percent are found in Luso-South America.

It is most frequent in Brazil, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 19,461,303. In Brazil Carajas is primarily found in: Pará, where 27 percent live, Paraíba, where 18 percent live and Rio de Janeiro, where 18 percent live. Besides Brazil Carajas exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 25 percent live and Argentina, where 6 percent live.

Carajas Last Name Statistics demography

Carajas earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 99.7% more than the national average, earning $86,167 USD per year.

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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
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  • 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 Carajas
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