Karakasis Surname

300,866th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,263 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Karakasis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Karakasis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece1,1541:9,6011,228
United States391:9,293,819392,288
Argentina191:2,249,653107,269
South Africa171:3,186,924115,449
Canada141:2,631,828153,264
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Poland71:5,429,821146,768
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Karakasis Last Name Facts

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

The surname Karakasis is found most in Greece. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Karakasis.

How Common Is The Last Name Karakasis? popularity and diffusion

Karakasis is the 300,866th most numerous last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 5,770,028 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 92 percent of Karakasis reside; 91 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 91 percent reside in Helleno-Europe.

The last name Karakasis is most common in Greece, where it is held by 1,154 people, or 1 in 9,601. In Greece Karakasis is most numerous in: Central Macedonia, where 32 percent reside, Attica, where 29 percent reside and Western Greece, where 13 percent reside. Apart from Greece Karakasis exists in 9 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 3 percent reside and Argentina, where 2 percent reside.

Karakasis Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Karakasis are 53.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 100% being registered with the political party.

The amount Karakasis earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 55.94% more than the national average, earning R 370,584 per year; in United States they earn 61.24% more than the national average, earning $69,575 USD per year and in Canada they earn 68.57% more than the national average, earning $83,750 CAD per year.

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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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  • 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 Karakasis
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