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 last name Karakiş is held by more people in Turkey than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Karakis. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Karakiş? popularity and diffusion
It is the 104,933rd most commonly held surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 1,631,418 people. The last name is mostly found in Asia, where 87 percent of Karakiş live; 87 percent live in West Asia and 87 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.
The surname is most frequently used in Turkey, where it is borne by 4,452 people, or 1 in 17,480. In Turkey it is most numerous in: Istanbul Province, where 19 percent live, Malatya Province, where 7 percent live and Antalya Province, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account Turkey it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent live and Iceland, where 0 percent live.
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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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