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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 carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Kàr or Kár. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

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

The last name is the 1,359^th most commonly used last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 18,256 people. The surname occurs mostly 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. It is also the 3,670^th most commonly held forename internationally It is held by 286,991 people.

The last name is most frequently used in India, where it is carried by 322,247 people, or 1 in 2,380. In India Kar is mostly found in: West Bengal, where 62 percent reside, Odisha, where 22 percent reside and Tamil Nadu, where 4 percent reside. Beside India Kar exists in 133 countries. It is also common in Bangladesh, where 7 percent reside and Turkey, where 5 percent reside.

Kar Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The occurrence of Kar has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 5,128 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 29,800 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Kar Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Kar surname is primarily Orthodox (77%) in Russia, Shiite (88%) in Lebanon and Orthodox (50%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Kar last name are 0.58000000000001% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 53.81% 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.