Karakay Surname
Approximately 684 people bear this surname
Karakay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Russia | 438 | 1:329,048 | 33,062 |
| Turkey | 177 | 1:439,669 | 26,003 |
| United States | 29 | 1:12,498,584 | 473,286 |
| Transnistria | 15 | 1:31,647 | 5,088 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 12 | 1:497,721 | 37,801 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 1:5,894,165 | 166,702 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
Karakay Demographics
Average Karakay Salary in
United States
$45,100 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Karakay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karakay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Karakay (Russian: Каракай) is carried by more people in Russia than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Karakay click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karakay? popularity and diffusion
Karakay is the 485,771st most common surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 10,654,307 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 63 percent of Karakay live; 57 percent live in Eastern Europe and 57 percent live in East Slavic Europe.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Russia, where it is borne by 438 people, or 1 in 329,048. In Russia it is most common in: Krasnodar Krai, where 48 percent reside, Rostov Oblast, where 6 percent reside and Moscow, where 6 percent reside. Beside Russia it is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in Turkey, where 26 percent reside and The United States, where 4 percent reside.
Karakay Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Orthodox (86%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Karakay last name are 5.1% more likely to be registered United Russias than the national average, with 41.67% registered to vote for the political party.
Karakay earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 4.52% more than the national average, earning $45,100 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Karakay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karakay in the Russian language | ||
| Каракай | karakaj | - |
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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 Karakay
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