Karaś Surname
Approximately 10,484 people bear this surname
Karaś Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | 10,476 | 1:3,628 | 374 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Karas (28,276), Karaş (3,079), Karaš (48), Káras (5), Karás (1) & Kárás (8) are calculated separately.
Karaś Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karaś Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Karaś occurs more in Poland more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Karas, Karaş, Karaš, Káras, Karás or Kárás. For other possible spellings of Karaś click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karaś? popularity and diffusion
It is the 49,099th most frequently used surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 695,111 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Karaś live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 100 percent live in West Slavic Europe.
The surname Karaś is most widely held in Poland, where it is borne by 10,476 people, or 1 in 3,628. Beside Poland it is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Czechia, where 0 percent reside and Denmark, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Karaś
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