Karamales Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jordan

Karamales Surname User-submission:

According to family lore, the original surname in the town of Plaka on the island of Lemnos was "Karamanlis." When Thomas Angelo Karamanlis emigrated first to Egypt, then to the United States (c. 1916), either he changed the spelling to "Karamales" or it was inadvertently changed during the naturalization process.

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Karamales Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States301:12,081,964463,456
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010

Karamales Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

According to family lore, the original surname in the town of Plaka on the island of Lemnos was "Karamanlis." When Thomas Angelo Karamanlis emigrated first to Egypt, then to the United States (c. 1916), either he changed the spelling to "Karamales" or it was inadvertently changed during the naturalization process. It is supposed to mean 'chocolate candy', presumably based on the word, caramel. Possibly it derives from Late Latin, calamellus, meaning 'sugar cane', a diminutive of calamus, meaning 'reed, cane', itself from the Greek, κάλαμος, though it may also have an (unspecified) Arab root, possibly coming through Arabic-speaking traders within the Ottoman Empire, which ruled the area for over 400 years.

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Karamales Demographics

Average Karamales Salary in
United States

$15,548 USD

Per year
Rank:
1,147,319 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
2.36997E-6
Rank: 897,536 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
36.03%
Sample size: 13 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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Karamales Last Name Facts

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

Karamales is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Karamales? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,485,539th most frequently used last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 97 percent of Karamales are found; 94 percent are found in North America and 94 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

It is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 30 people, or 1 in 12,081,964. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Louisiana, where 87 percent are found and Idaho, where 13 percent are found. Excluding The United States this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 3 percent are found and Jordan, where 3 percent are found.

Karamales Last Name Statistics demography

Karamales earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 63.97% less than the national average, earning $15,548 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Karamalees951/
Karamalis89433/
Caramales89239/
Karamallis8422/
Karasmailis801/
Caramalis7842/
Caromales7818/
Karamelis781/
Kheramalis741/
Karamoulis741/
Caramallis741/
Karamouslis7069/
Kouroumalis60195/
Coromalce563/
Couroumalis501/
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