Karais Surname
Approximately 364 people bear this surname
Karais Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 229 | 1:339,832 | 21,611 |
| Norway | 62 | 1:82,940 | 11,515 |
| United States | 35 | 1:10,355,970 | 420,657 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Albania | 3 | 1:971,352 | 22,477 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
The alternate forms: Karaiś (1) are calculated separately.
Karais (24) may also be a first name.
Karais Demographics
Average Karais Salary in
United States
$66,917 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Karais Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karais Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Karais (Hindi: करैस, Russian: Караис) is most common in Turkey. It may also be found in the variant forms: Karaiś. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Karais? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 778,856th most commonly occurring surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 20,020,731 people. This last name is mostly found in Asia, where 63 percent of Karais reside; 61 percent reside in West Asia and 61 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 2,187,323rd most widespread first name in the world. It is borne by 24 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Turkey, where it is carried by 229 people, or 1 in 339,832. In Turkey Karais is mostly found in: Adiyaman Province, where 59 percent are found, Kahramanmaras Province, where 32 percent are found and Istanbul Province, where 3 percent are found. Besides Turkey it occurs in 14 countries. It is also common in Norway, where 17 percent are found and The United States, where 10 percent are found.
Karais Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Karais earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 40.51% less than the national average, earning 205,881 kr per year and in United States they earn 55.08% more than the national average, earning $66,917 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Karais Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karais in the Hindi language | ||
| करैस | karaisa | - |
| Karais in the Russian language | ||
| Караис | karais | - |
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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 Karais
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