Karaz Surname
Approximately 2,045 people bear this surname
Karaz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 484 | 1:160,788 | 12,512 |
| Palestine | 352 | 1:12,923 | 2,400 |
| Syria | 289 | 1:66,786 | 3,056 |
| Egypt | 275 | 1:334,312 | 21,412 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| Jordan | 111 | 1:79,662 | 6,364 |
| Iran | 57 | 1:1,347,062 | 55,719 |
| Brazil | 45 | 1:4,757,207 | 124,005 |
| Israel | 42 | 1:203,753 | 19,703 |
| Canada | 33 | 1:1,116,533 | 81,834 |
| United States | 30 | 1:12,081,964 | 463,456 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Iraq | 26 | 1:1,346,987 | 15,017 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| Italy | 12 | 1:5,096,391 | 108,968 |
| Venezuela | 11 | 1:2,745,825 | 29,869 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Algeria | 8 | 1:4,828,944 | 49,535 |
| Bermuda | 7 | 1:9,326 | 1,286 |
| Argentina | 5 | 1:8,548,683 | 204,003 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
The alternate forms: Karaź (4) are calculated separately.
Karaz (750) may also be a first name.
Karaz Demographics
Average Karaz Salary in
United States
$40,257 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Karaz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karaz Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Karaz (Arabic: كراز, Russian: Караз) occurs more in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Karaź. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Karaz? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 203,470th most frequently used family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 3,563,592 people. The surname Karaz occurs predominantly in Asia, where 64 percent of Karaz live; 61 percent live in West Asia and 38 percent live in Levant. It is also the 300,135th most widespread given name worldwide, borne by 750 people.
The last name Karaz is most common in Turkey, where it is carried by 484 people, or 1 in 160,788. In Turkey Karaz is most frequent in: Istanbul Province, where 23 percent reside, Diyarbakir Province, where 20 percent reside and Kocaeli Province, where 10 percent reside. Outside of Turkey this surname occurs in 34 countries. It is also found in Palestine, where 17 percent reside and Syria, where 14 percent reside.
Karaz Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Karaz surname are 26.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 80% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Karaz earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 6.7% less than the national average, earning $40,257 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.19% less than the national average, earning $45,614 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Karaz Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karaz in the Russian language | ||
| Караз | karaz | - |
| Karaz in the Arabic language | ||
| كراز | kraz | - |
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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 Karaz
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