Karakaş Surname
Approximately 78,762 people bear this surname
Karakaş Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 78,647 | 1:990 | 135 |
| Northern Cyprus | 93 | 1:3,430 | 558 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
The alternate forms: Karakas (2,903), Karakaš (926) & Karakás (21) are calculated separately.
Karakaş (674) may also be a first name.
Karakaş Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karakaş Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Karakaş is found most frequently in Turkey. It can also be found in the variant forms: Karakas, Karakaš or Karakás. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karakaş? popularity and diffusion
The surname Karakaş is the 7,208th most commonly occurring last name in the world, held by around 1 in 92,526 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 83 percent of Karakaş live; 83 percent live in West Asia and 83 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 319,366th most common first name globally It is held by 674 people.
This last name is most widespread in Turkey, where it is held by 78,647 people, or 1 in 990. In Turkey it is mostly found in: Istanbul Province, where 20 percent reside, Ankara Province, where 6 percent reside and Diyarbakir Province, where 5 percent reside. Not including Turkey this surname is found in 13 countries. It is also common in Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent reside and Iraq, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Karakaş
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