Karakiş Surname
Approximately 4,467 people bear this surname
Karakiş Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 4,452 | 1:17,480 | 2,107 |
| Northern Cyprus | 14 | 1:22,786 | 5,518 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
The alternate forms: Karakis (360) are calculated separately.
Karakiş Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karakiş Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Karakiş is more commonly found in Turkey than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Karakis. Click here to see other potential spellings of Karakiş.
How Common Is The Last Name Karakiş? popularity and diffusion
Karakiş is the 104,933rd most numerous family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,631,418 people. The surname Karakiş is primarily found in Asia, where 87 percent of Karakiş live; 87 percent live in West Asia and 87 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.
It is most numerous in Turkey, where it is borne by 4,452 people, or 1 in 17,480. In Turkey Karakiş is mostly found in: Istanbul Province, where 19 percent reside, Malatya Province, where 7 percent reside and Antalya Province, where 7 percent reside. Beside Turkey Karakiş occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent reside and Iceland, 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 Karakiş
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