Karetos Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Karetos Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Karetos Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece181:615,54471,673
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Karetos Last Name Facts

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

The last name Karetos (Russian: Каретос) is carried by more people in Greece than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Karetos.

How Common Is The Last Name Karetos? popularity and diffusion

Karetos is the 4,307,654th most commonly used surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name Karetos is primarily found in Europe, where 95 percent of Karetos live; 86 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 86 percent live in Helleno-Europe.

Karetos is most numerous in Greece, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 615,544. In Greece it is most prevalent in: North Aegean, where 89 percent are found, Attica, where 6 percent are found and Central Greece, where 6 percent are found. Without taking into account Greece this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 10 percent are found and Russia, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Karettos931/
Kareto9242/
Karetas8668/
Karesto8634/
Koretos8621/
Karetou8619/
Caretos868/
Karreto865/
Karotos862/
Karatos862/
Karetho861/
Karitos861/
Carretos8042/
Katritos8015/
Kareisto8014/
Kharitos808/
Karhesto807/
Kaaresto806/
Kairesto802/
Kouretos802/
Kariotos801/
Kharytos801/
Kareta77821/
Careto77301/
Karito77282/
Koreto77185/
Karyto7710/
Kaariehto751/
Kharitosh751/
Kharistos751/
Carreto7122,499/
Karatas713,168/
Caretto711,933/
Karyoto71723/
Caritos71699/
Keretas71130/
Caresto7196/
Caretas7180/
Karitas7168/
Khareta7158/
Karetta7138/
Karatoz7136/
Karetha7133/
Karitho719/
Koritos717/
Kharito717/
Karieta714/
Kareita714/
Karitoo713/
Karioto713/
Karaito712/
Karitou712/
Kareeta712/
Kgarito712/
Koreito712/
Koratos711/
Kairito711/
Karreta711/
Kaireta711/
Carretto671,084/
Carretas67779/
Kouretas67677/
Karyotou67185/
Karatash67128/
Kariotou6794/
Kouratos6759/
Kargetta6733/
Kharitou6728/
Kaaristo6725/
Kairisto6723/
Kauristo6714/
Carritos678/
Kharitas673/
Karotash672/
Karaitou672/
Carethus671/
Kharetta671/
Karreeta671/
Karretta671/
Karithas671/
Carietto671/
Kharatas671/
Kharetaj671/
Kahareta671/
Karaisto671/
Karatasz671/
Khareeta671/
Carettus670/

Karetos Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Karetos in the Russian language
Каретосkaretos-

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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 Karetos
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