Carlos Surname
Approximately 335,406 people bear this surname
Carlos Surname Definition:
A corruption of Carolus, Charles.
Carlos Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 93,469 | 1:289 | 54 |
| Mozambique | 64,888 | 1:420 | 76 |
| Philippines | 34,029 | 1:2,975 | 212 |
| Brazil | 30,357 | 1:7,052 | 470 |
| Mexico | 26,542 | 1:4,677 | 606 |
| Peru | 18,469 | 1:1,721 | 288 |
| United States | 14,435 | 1:25,110 | 3,162 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 12,676 | 1:136 | 48 |
| Portugal | 10,559 | 1:987 | 169 |
| Chad | 3,177 | 1:4,278 | 686 |
| Argentina | 2,492 | 1:17,152 | 1,488 |
| Spain | 2,484 | 1:18,821 | 2,085 |
| Ecuador | 1,875 | 1:8,483 | 1,362 |
| Malawi | 1,856 | 1:9,224 | 1,421 |
| Bolivia | 1,568 | 1:6,771 | 855 |
| Tanzania | 1,561 | 1:33,915 | 3,969 |
| Guatemala | 1,404 | 1:11,455 | 1,171 |
| France | 1,128 | 1:58,885 | 7,903 |
| Colombia | 914 | 1:52,269 | 2,609 |
| Canada | 895 | 1:41,168 | 5,131 |
| Dominican Republic | 609 | 1:17,131 | 1,187 |
| Indonesia | 608 | 1:217,515 | 20,353 |
| Egypt | 549 | 1:167,460 | 12,562 |
| Morocco | 545 | 1:63,259 | 10,584 |
| El Salvador | 526 | 1:12,061 | 738 |
| Algeria | 510 | 1:75,748 | 12,064 |
| Australia | 470 | 1:57,438 | 6,998 |
| England | 431 | 1:129,276 | 12,837 |
| Ghana | 416 | 1:64,954 | 6,785 |
| Kenya | 378 | 1:122,169 | 10,207 |
| Chile | 376 | 1:46,852 | 2,176 |
| Nicaragua | 370 | 1:16,273 | 897 |
| United Arab Emirates | 279 | 1:32,840 | 3,537 |
| Venezuela | 209 | 1:144,517 | 4,534 |
| Honduras | 207 | 1:42,592 | 1,176 |
| Uruguay | 198 | 1:17,332 | 1,964 |
| Cuba | 191 | 1:60,328 | 2,315 |
| South Africa | 186 | 1:291,278 | 28,316 |
| Singapore | 184 | 1:29,933 | 1,124 |
| Guam | 173 | 1:926 | 130 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Belize | 156 | 1:2,279 | 502 |
| Liberia | 149 | 1:29,587 | 2,854 |
| Hong Kong | 141 | 1:52,025 | 927 |
| Bahrain | 132 | 1:10,217 | 1,962 |
| Nigeria | 129 | 1:1,373,200 | 53,624 |
| Germany | 125 | 1:644,044 | 50,561 |
| India | 121 | 1:6,339,383 | 145,676 |
| Russia | 116 | 1:1,242,440 | 90,032 |
| DR Congo | 109 | 1:677,794 | 49,381 |
| Ireland | 94 | 1:50,095 | 3,633 |
| Malaysia | 91 | 1:324,112 | 17,512 |
| Paraguay | 85 | 1:85,138 | 2,089 |
| Namibia | 76 | 1:31,703 | 4,804 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 70 | 1:1,417 | 247 |
| Guyana | 65 | 1:11,726 | 1,676 |
| New Zealand | 64 | 1:70,755 | 10,593 |
| Taiwan | 64 | 1:366,324 | 2,896 |
| Kuwait | 58 | 1:65,529 | 7,566 |
| Micronesia | 57 | 1:1,864 | 406 |
| Cape Verde | 52 | 1:10,185 | 365 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 50 | 1:3,548 | 324 |
| Thailand | 50 | 1:1,412,767 | 195,138 |
| Puerto Rico | 48 | 1:73,961 | 1,392 |
| Switzerland | 47 | 1:174,743 | 15,901 |
| Belgium | 46 | 1:249,927 | 30,800 |
| Benin | 44 | 1:234,900 | 21,145 |
| China | 42 | 1:32,555,275 | 1,726 |
| Italy | 39 | 1:1,568,120 | 82,279 |
| New Caledonia | 36 | 1:7,673 | 1,760 |
| Zimbabwe | 35 | 1:441,093 | 38,294 |
| Mauritius | 34 | 1:38,042 | 7,089 |
| Panama | 34 | 1:115,066 | 4,183 |
| Solomon Islands | 34 | 1:17,060 | 3,300 |
| Qatar | 31 | 1:76,064 | 7,685 |
| Sweden | 31 | 1:317,637 | 22,171 |
| Cameroon | 30 | 1:692,302 | 50,404 |
| Papua New Guinea | 29 | 1:281,163 | 38,188 |
| Netherlands | 28 | 1:603,113 | 52,179 |
| Denmark | 27 | 1:209,064 | 16,975 |
| Japan | 20 | 1:6,392,215 | 41,807 |
| Turkey | 20 | 1:3,891,071 | 97,520 |
| Suriname | 19 | 1:29,085 | 5,642 |
| Lebanon | 17 | 1:331,593 | 10,584 |
| East Timor | 16 | 1:75,996 | 145 |
| Senegal | 15 | 1:971,956 | 3,098 |
| Congo | 13 | 1:383,777 | 9,863 |
| Poland | 13 | 1:2,923,750 | 116,258 |
| Norway | 11 | 1:467,481 | 39,375 |
| Scotland | 11 | 1:486,711 | 19,179 |
| Kazakhstan | 10 | 1:1,768,250 | 83,699 |
| Wales | 10 | 1:309,453 | 16,869 |
| Czechia | 9 | 1:1,181,497 | 85,740 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 9 | 1:126,186 | 322 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 9 | 1:12,264 | 1,665 |
| Jordan | 7 | 1:1,263,205 | 16,935 |
| American Samoa | 6 | 1:9,293 | 1,961 |
| Ivory Coast | 6 | 1:3,845,205 | 48,272 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Andorra | 5 | 1:16,768 | 1,446 |
| Macau | 5 | 1:120,326 | 534 |
| Vietnam | 5 | 1:18,529,211 | 3,282 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Costa Rica | 4 | 1:1,195,017 | 6,919 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Oman | 4 | 1:921,993 | 7,313 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| South Korea | 4 | 1:12,810,064 | 2,073 |
| Turkmenistan | 4 | 1:1,372,278 | 6,164 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 1:3,216,374 | 32,290 |
| Croatia | 3 | 1:1,409,535 | 70,997 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Dominica | 2 | 1:37,946 | 685 |
| Guinea | 2 | 1:5,916,908 | 2,656 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Montserrat | 1 | 1:4,947 | 471 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| San Marino | 1 | 1:33,214 | 932 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 119 | 1:37,226 | 3,477 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 37 | 1:658,794 | 32,071 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 461 | 1:108,934 | 10,878 |
The alternate forms: Carlós (1) are calculated separately.
Carlos (9,618,779) may also be a first name.
Carlos Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A corruption of Carolus, Charles.
Carlos Demographics
Average Male Carlos Height
171.86 cm
Average Female Carlos Height
162.52 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Carlos Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Carlos Come From? nationality or country of origin
Carlos (Arabic: كارولس, Marathi: कारलोस) occurs more in Angola more than any other country or territory. It can appear as: Carlós. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Carlos? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,630th most frequent family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 21,728 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 54 percent of Carlos reside; 48 percent reside in Southern Africa and 47 percent reside in Luso-Southern Africa. It is also the 26th most frequent first name on earth It is held by 9,618,779 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Angola, where it is held by 93,469 people, or 1 in 289. Not including Angola this surname occurs in 164 countries. It is also common in Mozambique, where 19 percent are found and The Philippines, where 10 percent are found.
Carlos Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Carlos has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Carlos surname rose 3,131 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 1,165 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it fell 21 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 1,100 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Carlos Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Carlos surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland, Christian (100%) in Kenya, Maronite (73%) in Lebanon and Catholic (50%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Carlos last name are 40.96% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 94.19% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Carlos earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 46.42% less than the national average, earning 185,444 kr per year; in Peru they earn 15.71% less than the national average, earning S/. 16,340 per year; in South Africa they earn 20.56% more than the national average, earning R 286,500 per year; in Colombia they earn 11.91% more than the national average, earning $25,406,300 COP per year; in United States they earn 4.97% less than the national average, earning $41,004 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.83% less than the national average, earning $47,778 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Carlos Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Carlos in the Marathi language | ||
| कारलोस | karalosa | 65.38 |
| कारलॉस | karalosa | 15.38 |
| करलोस | karalosa | 15.38 |
| चालर्स | calarsa | 3.85 |
| Carlos in the Arabic language | ||
| كارولس | karwls | - |
| كارلوس | karlws | - |
| كرلوس | krlws | - |
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