Karl Surname
Approximately 45,926 people bear this surname
Karl Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from an occupation. ' the carle,' or 'the carleman,' a rustic, a bondman, a churl. 'Carle, or Chorle: rusticus. Carle, or Chorle: bondeman, or woman; serous nativa, serva nativa': Promptorium Parvulorum Way adds in a note, 'Anglo-Saxon ceorl, carlman: rusticus.
Read More About This SurnameKarl Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 26,418 | 1:3,047 | 315 |
| United States | 8,688 | 1:41,719 | 5,120 |
| Austria | 3,686 | 1:2,310 | 195 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1,056 | 1:7,721 | 569 |
| Ghana | 623 | 1:43,372 | 4,874 |
| France | 577 | 1:115,117 | 17,319 |
| Canada | 538 | 1:68,486 | 7,881 |
| New Zealand | 435 | 1:10,410 | 1,809 |
| Hungary | 368 | 1:26,675 | 2,959 |
| Australia | 311 | 1:86,803 | 10,027 |
| Brazil | 284 | 1:753,783 | 27,485 |
| DR Congo | 267 | 1:276,703 | 25,802 |
| Liberia | 244 | 1:18,068 | 1,842 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| Israel | 234 | 1:36,571 | 5,061 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Switzerland | 153 | 1:53,679 | 6,960 |
| Argentina | 133 | 1:321,379 | 25,478 |
| Czechia | 122 | 1:87,160 | 14,544 |
| England | 122 | 1:456,705 | 30,074 |
| Nigeria | 102 | 1:1,736,694 | 63,540 |
| Chile | 81 | 1:217,487 | 6,777 |
| Dominican Republic | 62 | 1:168,273 | 6,481 |
| Nauru | 60 | 1:198 | 50 |
| Croatia | 55 | 1:76,884 | 13,368 |
| Thailand | 54 | 1:1,308,118 | 185,513 |
| India | 47 | 1:16,320,540 | 259,912 |
| Guyana | 45 | 1:16,938 | 2,216 |
| Malaysia | 42 | 1:702,243 | 33,141 |
| Netherlands | 42 | 1:402,076 | 42,431 |
| Benin | 40 | 1:258,390 | 22,474 |
| China | 38 | 1:35,982,146 | 1,905 |
| Sweden | 34 | 1:289,610 | 20,124 |
| Spain | 33 | 1:1,416,728 | 44,772 |
| South Africa | 28 | 1:1,934,918 | 88,980 |
| Singapore | 26 | 1:211,835 | 10,313 |
| Greece | 25 | 1:443,192 | 58,048 |
| Italy | 25 | 1:2,446,268 | 94,040 |
| Russia | 25 | 1:5,764,922 | 242,644 |
| Denmark | 23 | 1:245,422 | 19,084 |
| Greenland | 21 | 1:2,685 | 297 |
| Cameroon | 20 | 1:1,038,453 | 65,513 |
| Poland | 19 | 1:2,000,460 | 98,816 |
| Belgium | 18 | 1:638,702 | 56,744 |
| Ireland | 15 | 1:313,929 | 10,911 |
| Norway | 14 | 1:367,306 | 34,015 |
| Scotland | 13 | 1:411,832 | 17,291 |
| Slovenia | 12 | 1:207,306 | 15,422 |
| Iceland | 11 | 1:34,554 | 2,447 |
| Philippines | 11 | 1:9,203,475 | 207,772 |
| Serbia | 11 | 1:649,541 | 22,440 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| Mexico | 10 | 1:12,412,620 | 43,480 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Gabon | 9 | 1:209,910 | 2,378 |
| Iran | 9 | 1:8,531,392 | 160,212 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 7 | 1:194,854 | 9,403 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Panama | 6 | 1:652,043 | 10,051 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Ukraine | 6 | 1:7,587,116 | 277,111 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Slovakia | 5 | 1:1,067,290 | 85,393 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Ecuador | 4 | 1:3,976,462 | 28,589 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Lithuania | 4 | 1:758,647 | 25,175 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| South Korea | 4 | 1:12,810,064 | 2,073 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Vanuatu | 4 | 1:65,819 | 1,151 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Latvia | 3 | 1:683,349 | 34,074 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Falkland Islands | 1 | 1:3,132 | 317 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 43 | 1:566,869 | 29,432 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,012 | 1:49,623 | 5,643 |
The alternate forms: Kárl (8) are calculated separately.
Karl (1,212,023) may also be a first name.
Karl Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from an occupation. ' the carle,' or 'the carleman,' a rustic, a bondman, a churl. 'Carle, or Chorle: rusticus. Carle, or Chorle: bondeman, or woman; serous nativa, serva nativa': Promptorium Parvulorum Way adds in a note, 'Anglo-Saxon ceorl, carlman: rusticus.'
Henry le Karle. Yorkshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Ida Carle, Cambridgeshire, ibid.
Robert Carleman, Cambridgeshire, ibid.
Henry Carle, Yorkshire, ibid.
Robert Karleman, Cambridgeshire, ibid.
1438. John Carle, Norfolk: History of Norfolk.
1603. Buried — George Carle: St Mary Aldermary.
1627. Married — John Carle and Jone Weaver: St. James, Clerkenwell.
An Aberdeen surname. John Carle admitted burgess there in 1479 (NSCM., I, p. 28), and Alexander Carll in Castlehill of Drimmor is mentioned 1492 (CAB., p. 382). John Carl or Carle occupied part of lands of Torsopy, Perthshire, 1543 (Rollok, 23). Merione Carle, freewoman, "to use the tred of huxter" in Aberdeen, 1640 (ROA., I, p. 232). From ME. Carl, Old English ceorl, husbandman, peasant, 'churl.'.
=Carl(e, q.v.
(English, German) The husbandman or rustic; descendant of Karl (man); one who came from Karl (man), in Germany.
Anglo-Saxon ceorl, a man, a rustic, a stout man. Carl is used in all these senses in Scotland. Also see under Caryll.
Karl Demographics
Average Male Karl Height
175.83 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Karl Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karl Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Karl (Arabic: كرل, Georgian: კარლ, Hindi: कारल, Marathi: काल, Oriya: କାଲର୍, Russian: Карл) is most common in Germany. It may also occur as a variant: Kárl. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karl? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 12,228th most frequently used last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 158,680 people. The surname Karl is mostly found in Europe, where 69 percent of Karl are found; 67 percent are found in Western Europe and 66 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Karl is also the 668th most prevalent given name world-wide It is held by 1,212,023 people.
The surname Karl is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 26,418 people, or 1 in 3,047. In Germany Karl is most common in: Bavaria, where 51 percent reside, Baden-Württemberg, where 12 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 9 percent reside. Outside of Germany Karl is found in 129 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 19 percent reside and Austria, where 8 percent reside.
Karl Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Karl has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Karl surname expanded 858 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 284 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it expanded 1,500 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Karl Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland, Orthodox (94%) in Russia, Orthodox (100%) in Belarus, Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan and Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Karl last name are 12.72% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 59.49% being registered with the party.
The amount Karl earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 127.26% more than the national average, earning R 540,048 per year; in United States they earn 11.97% more than the national average, earning $48,313 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.22% more than the national average, earning $50,787 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Karl Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karl in the Georgian language | ||
| კარლ | karl | - |
| Karl in the Oriya language | ||
| କାଲର୍ | kalar | - |
| Karl in the Hindi language | ||
| कारल | karala | 66.67 |
| कर्ल | karla | 33.33 |
| Karl in the Marathi language | ||
| काल | kala | 55.56 |
| करल | karala | 22.22 |
| कारल | karala | 11.11 |
| काळ | kala | 11.11 |
| Karl in the Russian language | ||
| Карл | karl | - |
| Karl in the Arabic language | ||
| كرل | krl | - |
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