Karkashian Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Karkashian Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Costa Rica | 4 | 1:1,195,017 | 6,919 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Karkashian Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karkashian Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Karkashian is found in Costa Rica more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karkashian? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,723,624th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 75 percent of Karkashian reside; 63 percent reside in Central America and 63 percent reside in Hispano-Central America.
This last name is most frequent in Costa Rica, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 1,195,017. In Costa Rica Karkashian is most frequent in: San José Province, where 75 percent live and Heredia Province, where 25 percent live. Outside of Costa Rica this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 13 percent live and Guatemala, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karkashyan | 90 | 1 | / |
| Karkasyan | 84 | 1 | / |
| Karkosian | 84 | 1 | / |
| Carkashyan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Karkosyan | 74 | 27 | / |
| Karkotsyan | 70 | 5 | / |
| Qarqashyan | 70 | 5 | / |
| Carkazyan | 63 | 55 | / |
| Kerkosyan | 63 | 4 | / |
| Karkocyan | 63 | 1 | / |
| Karkozyan | 63 | 1 | / |
| Khorkosyan | 60 | 1 | / |
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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 Karkashian
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