Karalas Surname

1,828,462nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 102 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Karalas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Karalas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece951:116,62919,564
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Karalaş (19) are calculated separately.

Karalas Last Name Facts

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

The last name Karalas (Marathi: कारलस, Oriya: କାରାଲସ, Russian: Каралас) is most common in Greece. It can occur in the variant forms: Karalaş. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Karalas? popularity and diffusion

Karalas is the 1,828,462nd most commonly used last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 71,446,529 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 95 percent of Karalas live; 93 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 93 percent live in Helleno-Europe.

The surname Karalas is most frequent in Greece, where it is held by 95 people, or 1 in 116,629. In Greece Karalas is most frequent in: Central Greece, where 77 percent are found, Attica, where 22 percent are found and Thessaly, where 1 percent are found. Besides Greece this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 2 percent are found and India, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Karalas Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Karalas in the Oriya language
କାରାଲସkaralasa-
Karalas in the Marathi language
कारलसkaralasa-
Karalas in the Russian language
Караласkaralas-

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Footnotes

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