Karacs Surname
Approximately 903 people bear this surname
Karacs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 838 | 1:11,714 | 1,354 |
| Austria | 26 | 1:327,517 | 36,002 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:773,633 | 29,106 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
The alternate forms: Karács (27) are calculated separately.
Karacs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karacs Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Karacs occurs most in Hungary. It may also be found in the variant forms: Karács. Click here for further potential spellings of Karacs.
How Common Is The Last Name Karacs? popularity and diffusion
The last name Karacs is the 391,801st most frequently occurring last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 8,070,372 people. Karacs is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Karacs are found; 93 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 93 percent are found in Hungaro-Europe.
The surname is most common in Hungary, where it is borne by 838 people, or 1 in 11,714. In Hungary it is primarily found in: Hajdú-Bihar County, where 53 percent live, Budapest, where 18 percent live and Pest County, where 10 percent live. Besides Hungary this surname is found in 13 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 3 percent live and England, where 2 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- 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 Karacs
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