Karakyan Surname

580,291st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 541 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Armenia

Karakyan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Karakyan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia5091:283,14929,320
Armenia271:108,5253,772
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Transnistria11:474,69917,893
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427

Karakyan Last Name Facts

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

Karakyan (Russian: Каракян) occurs more in Russia more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Karakyan? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 580,291st most commonly occurring surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 13,470,510 people. The last name Karakyan is predominantly found in Europe, where 82 percent of Karakyan live; 81 percent live in Eastern Europe and 81 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

Karakyan is most commonly used in Russia, where it is carried by 509 people, or 1 in 283,149. In Russia it is most frequent in: Krasnodar Krai, where 77 percent live, Irkutsk Oblast, where 9 percent live and Moscow, where 4 percent live. Besides Russia Karakyan occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Armenia, where 5 percent live and Belarus, where 0 percent live.

Karakyan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Orthodox (95%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Karakyan surname are 30.5% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 77.27% registered to vote for the party.

Phonetically Similar Names

Karakyan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Karakyan in the Russian language
Каракянkarakan-

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Karakyan
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