Karapostolis Surname

1,604,449th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 126 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Karapostolis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Karapostolis 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
Greece1221:90,81815,316
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Karapostolis Last Name Facts

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

Karapostolis is found most in Greece. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Karapostolis? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,604,449th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 57,837,666 people. The surname Karapostolis occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Karapostolis live; 97 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 97 percent live in Helleno-Europe.

It is most commonly held in Greece, where it is borne by 122 people, or 1 in 90,818. In Greece Karapostolis is most frequent in: Thessaly, where 51 percent reside, Central Macedonia, where 42 percent reside and Attica, where 3 percent reside. Outside of Greece it is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The United Arab Emirates, where 2 percent reside and Brazil, where 1 percent reside.

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
Karapostoli9699/
Karapistolis9273/
Karapostoles925/
Kiorapostolis881/
Karapatoli821/
Karapotala731/
Karapotale731/
Karapatala641/
Carpes Telles561/
Grebstelis557/

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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 Karapostolis
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