Karaçar Surname

169,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,548 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Karaçar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Karaçar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey2,5441:30,5903,348
North Macedonia21:1,050,73626,362
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

The alternate forms: Karacar (16) are calculated separately.

Karaçar Last Name Facts

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

Karaçar occurs in Turkey more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as: Karacar. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Karaçar? popularity and diffusion

The last name Karaçar is the 169,395th most widespread family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 2,860,104 people. The last name Karaçar occurs mostly in Asia, where 83 percent of Karaçar reside; 83 percent reside in West Asia and 83 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands.

This surname is most common in Turkey, where it is held by 2,544 people, or 1 in 30,590. In Turkey Karaçar is most prevalent in: Istanbul Province, where 20 percent reside, Van Province, where 14 percent reside and Ankara Province, where 9 percent reside. Aside from Turkey it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in North Macedonia, where 0 percent reside and Germany, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Karacar9516/
Karaçayır881,308/
Karaçor862,061/
Karasar86299/
Karazar8646/
Caraçar861/
Karacair8066/
Karachar8028/
Kharacar8023/
Karaacar8019/
Karaucar8013/
Kkaracar809/
Kargasar808/
Kharasar805/
Karaaşar801/
Karasiar801/
Karasarp801/
Kharazar801/
Kaharasar7576/
Kharasare751/
Karassart751/
Karasaard751/
Karazor71558/
Karacor7183/
Caracar7130/
Karosar7117/
Karacarova711/
Carasar711/
Katrosar6718/
Karaseur6714/
Karachor679/
Karasharova671/
Kharesar671/

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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 Karaçar
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