Where Does The Last Name Karas Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Karas (Arabic: كاريس, Georgian: კარას, Hindi: करस, Marathi: करास, Oriya: କରସ, Russian: Карась) is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Karaś, Karaş, Karaš, Káras, Karás or Kárás. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Karas? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname Karas is the 19,403^rd most frequently used surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 257,729 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 54 percent of Karas reside; 43 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 31 percent reside in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 170,075^th most widely held first name worldwide, borne by 1,979 people.

It is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 7,058 people, or 1 in 51,354. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Illinois, where 11 percent live, New York, where 10 percent live and California, where 9 percent live. Barring The United States this surname occurs in 82 countries. It is also common in Ukraine, where 17 percent live and Russia, where 11 percent live.

Karas Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The frequency of Karas has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Karas surname grew 11,963 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 18,800 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Karas Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly Orthodox (88%) in Russia, Orthodox (95%) in Belarus and Orthodox (77%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Karas last name are 0.059999999999995% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 53.17% being registered with the party.

The amount Karas earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 82.81% more than the national average, earning R 434,424 per year; in United States they earn 14.16% more than the national average, earning $49,259 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.68% more than the national average, earning $52,507 CAD per year.