Garas Surname
Approximately 7,059 people bear this surname
Garas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 2,166 | 1:42,445 | 4,283 |
| Somalia | 1,617 | 1:8,319 | 624 |
| India | 729 | 1:1,052,216 | 43,792 |
| Hungary | 479 | 1:20,493 | 2,305 |
| Namibia | 358 | 1:6,730 | 1,303 |
| United States | 330 | 1:1,098,360 | 79,589 |
| Philippines | 258 | 1:392,396 | 50,646 |
| Australia | 185 | 1:145,923 | 15,562 |
| Poland | 136 | 1:279,476 | 34,080 |
| France | 133 | 1:499,419 | 69,818 |
| Russia | 81 | 1:1,779,297 | 115,341 |
| Romania | 72 | 1:278,859 | 25,610 |
| Papua New Guinea | 69 | 1:118,170 | 16,048 |
| Canada | 66 | 1:558,267 | 46,632 |
| Israel | 63 | 1:135,835 | 14,591 |
| Iran | 36 | 1:2,132,848 | 74,334 |
| Moldova | 29 | 1:122,806 | 13,852 |
| Greece | 27 | 1:410,363 | 54,524 |
| Uzbekistan | 22 | 1:1,405,870 | 25,726 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| Argentina | 16 | 1:2,671,463 | 118,579 |
| Brazil | 15 | 1:14,271,622 | 267,944 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| Belarus | 12 | 1:791,755 | 62,255 |
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| Austria | 11 | 1:774,130 | 64,097 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Kazakhstan | 8 | 1:2,210,312 | 95,036 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Somaliland | 4 | 1:875,046 | 1,198 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 1:1,778,817 | 104,392 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 9 | 1:2,708,374 | 73,770 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
The alternate forms: Garaś (32), Garaș (4) & Garaš (2) are calculated separately.
Garas (1,019) may also be a first name.
Garas Demographics
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Garas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Garas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Garas (Hindi: गराशा, Marathi: गरास, Oriya: ଗରସ, Russian: Гарас) occurs in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It may be found as: Garaś, Garaș or Garaš. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Garas? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 70,078th most frequently held surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 1,032,377 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 59 percent of Garas are found; 31 percent are found in North Africa and 31 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. Garas is also the 251,554th most prevalent first name throughout the world, borne by 1,019 people.
This surname is most widely held in Egypt, where it is carried by 2,166 people, or 1 in 42,445. Barring Egypt Garas is found in 59 countries. It is also found in Somalia, where 23 percent reside and India, where 10 percent reside.
Garas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Garas has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Garas surname grew 8,250 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 189 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Garas Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Orthodox (67%) in Russia and Orthodox (84%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Garas surname are 10.88% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 57.65% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Garas earn in different countries varies notably. In Colombia they earn 20.78% more than the national average, earning $27,419,200 COP per year; in United States they earn 28.71% more than the national average, earning $55,539 USD per year and in Canada they earn 38.28% more than the national average, earning $68,700 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Garas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Garas in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗରସ | garasa | 94.44 |
| ଗରସତାୀ | garasatai | 2.78 |
| ଗରାସତାି | garasatai | 2.78 |
| Garas in the Marathi language | ||
| गरास | garasa | 77.78 |
| गरस | garasa | 22.22 |
| Garas in the Hindi language | ||
| गराशा | garasa | 40 |
| गरस | garasa | 20 |
| गा्रस | garasa | 20 |
| गर्ास | garasa | 20 |
| Garas in the Russian language | ||
| Гарас | garas | - |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Garas
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