Karabek Surname

586,691st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 533 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Kyrgyzstan

Karabek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Karabek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey3321:234,40216,534
Kazakhstan1111:159,30215,725
Kyrgyzstan511:117,11113,579
Russia151:9,608,204322,587
Denmark71:806,38843,211
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403

Karabek (159) may also be a first name.

Karabek Last Name Facts

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

Karabek (Georgian: კარაბეკ, Russian: Карабек) occurs most in Turkey. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Karabek click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Karabek? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 586,691st most commonly occurring surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 13,672,694 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 87 percent of Karabek live; 57 percent live in West Asia and 56 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. Karabek is also the 727,628th most frequent first name in the world, borne by 159 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Turkey, where it is borne by 332 people, or 1 in 234,402. In Turkey it is most common in: Ankara Province, where 47 percent are found, Samsun Province, where 14 percent are found and Istanbul Province, where 12 percent are found. Excluding Turkey this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Kazakhstan, where 21 percent are found and Kyrgyzstan, where 10 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Karabek Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Karabek in the Georgian language
კარაბეკkarabek-
Karabek in the Russian language
Карабекkarabek-

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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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  • 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 Karabek
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