Karageorgos Surname

167,491st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,582 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Karageorgos Surname User-submission:

This surname means 'the black George. From kara = 'black' and Georgos = 'George'.

Karageorgos Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece2,3361:4,743488
United States1031:3,519,019197,606
Luxembourg441:13,1942,619
Canada391:944,75971,777
Germany151:5,367,031196,901
Australia141:1,928,26488,951
England81:6,964,757184,742
Argentina51:8,548,683204,003
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Albania11:2,914,05529,474

Karageorgos Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname means 'the black George. From kara = 'black' and Georgos = 'George'.

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Karageorgos Last Name Facts

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

Karageorgos (Russian: Карагеоргос) is more frequently found in Greece than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Karageorgos click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Karageorgos? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 167,491st most frequently held last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 2,822,442 people. The last name Karageorgos occurs predominantly in Europe, where 94 percent of Karageorgos reside; 91 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 91 percent reside in Helleno-Europe.

This surname is most frequently used in Greece, where it is borne by 2,336 people, or 1 in 4,743. In Greece Karageorgos is most common in: Attica, where 33 percent live, Thessaly, where 20 percent live and Central Greece, where 19 percent live. Barring Greece this surname exists in 18 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 4 percent live and Luxembourg, where 2 percent live.

Karageorgos Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Karageorgos are 20.45% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 73.68% registered with the party.

The amount Karageorgos earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 71.75% more than the national average, earning $74,110 USD per year and in Canada they earn 24.17% more than the national average, earning $61,693 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Karagiorgos911,538/
Karageorgas9195/
Carageorgos9110/
Korageorgos911/
Karageorghis8717/
Karageoras861/
Karagiorgs861/
Karagiorgas82235/
Caragiorgos822/
Caragiorgas739/
Kourogiorgas61154/

Karageorgos Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Karageorgos in the Russian language
Карагеоргосkarageorgos-

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