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Where Does The Last Name Kar Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Kar (Arabic: كر, Bengali: কর, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻛﺎﺭ, Hindi: कार, Marathi: कार, Oriya: କର, Tibetan: ཀར་) is found most frequently in India. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Kàr or Kár. For other possible spellings of Kar click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kar? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This surname is the 1,359^th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 18,256 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 97 percent of Kar are found; 90 percent are found in South Asia and 81 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Kar is also the 3,670^th most commonly used first name globally, borne by 286,991 people.

This surname is most commonly used in India, where it is borne by 322,247 people, or 1 in 2,380. In India it is most common in: West Bengal, where 62 percent are found, Odisha, where 22 percent are found and Tamil Nadu, where 4 percent are found. Excluding India this surname exists in 133 countries. It also occurs in Bangladesh, where 7 percent are found and Turkey, where 5 percent are found.

Kar Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The frequency of Kar has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Kar surname expanded 5,128 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 29,800 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Kar Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Kar last name is principally Orthodox (77%) in Russia, Shiite (88%) in Lebanon and Orthodox (50%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Kar surname are 0.58000000000001% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 53.81% being registered with the political party.

The amount Kar earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 24.36% less than the national average, earning 261,778 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 56.75% more than the national average, earning R 372,504 per year; in United States they earn 18.86% more than the national average, earning $51,288 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.94% less than the national average, earning $48,718 CAD per year.