Kardaş Surname

31,641st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16,870 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Kardaş Surname User-submission:

This surname is derived from the word karındaş, which means 'people who were developed in the same womb'. Then it became kardeş after centuries and has started being used for word 'sibling'. Since in Turkish, words does not have masculine and feminine versions, the word kardeş stands for both sister and brother.

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Kardaş Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey16,8591:4,616664
Azerbaijan71:1,378,44618,562
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Northern Cyprus11:319,01110,202
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Kardas (4,318), Kardaś (1,634), Kardaš (403) & Kardáš (6) are calculated separately.

Kardaş (13) may also be a first name.

Kardaş Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname is derived from the word karındaş, which means 'people who were developed in the same womb'. Then it became kardeş after centuries and has started being used for word 'sibling'. Since in Turkish, words does not have masculine and feminine versions, the word kardeş stands for both sister and brother. Furtermore it may be used as very close friend or even ally in different contexts.

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Kardaş Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kardaş (Bengali: করদাস, Hindi: करदास, Marathi: करदास) is borne by more people in Turkey than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant: Kardas, Kardaś, Kardaš or Kardáš. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kardaş? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kardaş is the 31,641st most frequently used surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 431,983 people. The surname Kardaş occurs predominantly in Asia, where 89 percent of Kardaş reside; 89 percent reside in West Asia and 89 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. Kardaş is also the 3,159,357th most numerous first name on earth. It is borne by 13 people.

The surname is most numerous in Turkey, where it is borne by 16,859 people, or 1 in 4,616. In Turkey Kardaş is mostly concentrated in: Istanbul Province, where 13 percent live, Bitlis Province, where 11 percent live and Diyarbakir Province, where 11 percent live. Without taking into account Turkey this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Azerbaijan, where 0 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kardas944,318/
Kardaś941,634/
Kardaš94403/
Kardáš896/
Kardoş8341/
Kardaz8313/
Kardaß839/
Cardaş833/
Kardaj831/
Kardac831/
Kardać831/
Kardaşova806/
Kardash7714,609/
Kardasz773,276/
Kardacz77571/
Kardhas7721/
Kardass7720/
Khardas7720/
Kardaus777/
Kardast775/
Kaardas771/
Kkardas771/
Kardasch7148/
Kahardas717/
Khardash713/
Khardach711/
Kardos6713,878/
Kordas674,188/
Qardaşova671,559/
Kardoš671,376/
Cardas67675/
Kardoj67482/
Kardoz67250/
Kordaś67201/
Kardosova67100/
Kordač6791/
Kordaß6750/
Kardašová6743/
Cardoş6735/
Kardasova6723/
Kordac6722/
Kardasová678/
Kordaz674/
Kardošova672/
Cardac671/
Kardashch671/
Kardoś671/
Kordaš671/
Qardas671/

Kardaş Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kardaş in the Bengali language
করদাসkaradasa-
Kardaş in the Marathi language
करदासkaradasa92.67
काडर्सkadarsa5.24
कारदासkaradasa1.05
काासkaasa1.05
Kardaş in the Hindi language
करदासkaradasa50
करदसkaradasa50

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