Karakesh Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Qatar

Karakesh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Karakesh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India91:85,229,487684,495
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Karakesh (11) may also be a first name.

Karakesh Last Name Facts

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

The last name Karakesh (Hindi: कारकेश, Marathi: कारकेश) is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Karakesh.

How Common Is The Last Name Karakesh? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,206,983rd most frequently held family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. The surname Karakesh is mostly found in Asia, where 91 percent of Karakesh live; 50 percent live in West Asia and 45 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequent first name in the world, held by 11 people.

This last name is most widespread in India, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 85,229,487. In India Karakesh is most prevalent in: Maharashtra, where 56 percent reside, Bihar, where 33 percent reside and Odisha, where 11 percent reside. Not including India this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Qatar, where 41 percent reside and Egypt, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Karakesh Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Karakesh in the Marathi language
कारकेशkarakesa66.67
करकेशkarakesa33.33
Karakesh in the Hindi language
कारकेशkarakesa50
करकेशkarakesa50

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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 Karakesh
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