Karasu Surname

20,355th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 26,862 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Karasu Surname User-submission:

The surname Karasu comes from the two Turkish words kara, meaning 'black', and su, meaning 'water'.

Karasu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey25,0741:3,104442
India4851:1,581,57858,520
Japan3061:417,79213,184
Germany2221:362,63734,736
France2211:300,55545,904
Malaysia771:383,04220,138
Netherlands711:237,84831,022
United States511:7,107,038327,397
Belgium491:234,62529,441
Austria391:218,34426,757
Switzerland331:248,87620,666
Northern Cyprus251:12,7603,292
Russia211:6,863,003268,198
Qatar191:124,10514,725
England191:2,932,529101,561
Singapore171:323,98313,856
Denmark161:352,79524,706
Sweden121:820,56361,223
Thailand121:5,886,529390,733
Papua New Guinea91:905,96994,851
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
Nigeria81:22,142,845310,552
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Kazakhstan71:2,526,071102,287
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Bulgaria51:1,395,78141,665
Belarus41:2,375,265105,497
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Ukraine31:15,174,232372,501
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Albania11:2,914,05529,474

Karasu (104) may also be a first name.

Karasu Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname Karasu comes from the two Turkish words kara, meaning 'black', and su, meaning 'water'.

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Karasu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Karasu (Arabic: كاراسو, Hindi: करासू, Marathi: करसू, Oriya: କରସୁ, Russian: Карасу) is found in Turkey more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Karasu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 20,355th most commonly held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 271,296 people. The last name Karasu occurs predominantly in Asia, where 81 percent of Karasu are found; 77 percent are found in West Asia and 77 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands. Karasu is also the 925,156th most widely held forename throughout the world, borne by 104 people.

Karasu is most widespread in Turkey, where it is borne by 25,074 people, or 1 in 3,104. In Turkey it is most frequent in: Istanbul Province, where 22 percent live, Izmir Province, where 8 percent live and Erzurum Province, where 4 percent live. Barring Turkey this last name is found in 50 countries. It is also common in India, where 2 percent live and Japan, where 1 percent live.

Karasu Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Karasu surname are 6.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 60% being registered with the political party.

Karasu earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.34% more than the national average, earning $44,589 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Karasu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Karasu in the Hindi language
करासूkarasu-
Karasu in the Marathi language
करसूkarasu55.56
कारसूkarasu11.11
कसुर्kasur11.11
नरशीnarasi11.11
केारसुkearasu11.11
Karasu in the Oriya language
କରସୁkarasu50
କାରସୁkarasu50
Karasu in the Russian language
Карасуkarasu-
Karasu in the Arabic language
كاراسوkarasw-

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