Karaş Surname
Approximately 3,079 people bear this surname
Karaş Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 3,078 | 1:25,283 | 2,882 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
The alternate forms: Karas (28,276), Karaś (10,484), Karaš (48), Káras (5), Karás (1) & Kárás (8) are calculated separately.
Karaş Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karaş Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Karaş is more commonly found in Turkey than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Karas, Karaś, Karaš, Káras, Karás or Kárás. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Karaş? popularity and diffusion
Karaş is the 144,329th most commonly held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 2,366,855 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 86 percent of Karaş live; 86 percent live in West Asia and 86 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.
This last name is most frequent in Turkey, where it is held by 3,078 people, or 1 in 25,283. In Turkey it is primarily concentrated in: Istanbul Province, where 24 percent are found, Izmir Province, where 8 percent are found and Kastamonu Province, where 7 percent are found. Barring Turkey it occurs in one country. It is also common in Ireland, where 0 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Karaş
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