Karakiyan Surname

2,020,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 86 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Russia

Karakiyan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Karakiyan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia821:1,757,598114,376
Kazakhstan41:4,420,624134,293

Karakiyan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Karakiyan (Russian: Каракиян) has its highest incidence in Russia. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Karakiyan? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,020,555th most numerous family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 84,738,906 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 60 percent of Karakiyan live; 60 percent live in Eastern Europe and 60 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

This last name is most common in Russia, where it is borne by 82 people, or 1 in 1,757,598. In Russia it is most common in: Krasnodar Krai, where 43 percent are found, Primorsky Krai, where 35 percent are found and Vladimir Oblast, where 18 percent are found. Without taking into account Russia it occurs in one country. It is also found in Kazakhstan, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Karakiyan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Karakiyan in the Russian language
Каракиянkarakian-

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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 Karakiyan
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