Karanikas Surname

224,900th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,808 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Karanikas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Karanikas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece1,5761:7,030823
United States1301:2,788,146165,890
Australia341:793,99150,673
Germany231:3,500,237154,763
Sweden161:615,42245,338
Poland71:5,429,821146,768
Czechia61:1,772,245105,647
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
England51:11,143,612252,590
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Karanikas Last Name Facts

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

The surname Karanikas is borne by more people in Greece than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Karanikas? popularity and diffusion

It is the 224,900th most commonly held surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 4,030,722 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 91 percent of Karanikas are found; 87 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 87 percent are found in Helleno-Europe.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Greece, where it is carried by 1,576 people, or 1 in 7,030. In Greece Karanikas is primarily found in: Thessaly, where 31 percent reside, Attica, where 22 percent reside and Central Greece, where 13 percent reside. Apart from Greece Karanikas exists in 13 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 7 percent reside and Australia, where 2 percent reside.

Karanikas Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Karanikas last name are 49.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 96% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Karanikas earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 18.89% more than the national average, earning $51,301 USD per year and in Canada they earn 35.71% more than the national average, earning $67,424 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kearanikas951/
Karannikas951/
Karanikos89267/
Karanicas8925/
Caranikas8913/
Karanikasová861/
Karangikos841/
Caranicas7837/
Karanicos781/
Karanikosová763/
Querenicas531/

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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
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  • 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 Karanikas
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