Karpas Surname

895,817th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 299 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Lithuania

Karpas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Karpas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1201:3,020,491176,226
Israel431:199,01519,367
Lithuania221:137,93614,719
Greece211:527,60966,013
South Africa181:3,009,872112,058
Australia131:2,076,59293,242
India121:63,922,115578,870
Belgium101:1,149,66482,403
England71:7,959,723202,100
Norway71:734,61250,907
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Belarus31:3,167,020121,664
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155

The alternate forms: Karpaš (14) are calculated separately.

Karpas Last Name Facts

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

The surname Karpas (Arabic: كرباس, Oriya: କାପସ, Russian: Карпас) is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be found as: Karpaš. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Karpas? popularity and diffusion

Karpas is the 895,817th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 24,373,063 people. The last name Karpas occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 40 percent of Karpas live; 40 percent live in North America and 40 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Karpas is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 120 people, or 1 in 3,020,491. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Minnesota, where 19 percent reside, New York, where 15 percent reside and New Jersey, where 15 percent reside. Outside of The United States this surname exists in 22 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 14 percent reside and Lithuania, where 7 percent reside.

Karpas Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Karpas surname are 16.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 63.33% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Karpas earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 52.51% less than the national average, earning R 112,860 per year and in United States they earn 44.79% more than the national average, earning $62,475 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Karpaš9414/
Karpats9259/
Kharpas9257/
Karpash9238/
Karpass923/
Karphas921/
Karpasz921/
Karpaish86106/
Kharpaas864/
Kharpase861/
Korpas83747/
Karpos8390/
Carpas8346/
Karpač8322/
Karpaz8318/
Karpasova80190/
Karpach771,787/
Kourpas77148/
Kerpash7771/
Korppas7745/
Korpash7727/
Gkorpas7715/
Korpass7710/
Karposh779/
Kerpays773/
Kerphas772/
Karpous772/
Carphas771/
Karpashova753/
Korpasch7128/
Karpatch717/
Kharposh711/
Karpache711/
Corpas676,677/
Korpos67667/
Korpás67531/
Korpasová6795/
Karpáč6757/
Korpaš6754/
Korpasova6730/
Karpašová6721/
Carpos6721/
Korpatsch6714/
Carpaz679/
Karpoś675/
Karposova675/
Karpoz672/
Córpas671/
Karpaache671/
Korpaś671/

Karpas Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Karpas in the Oriya language
କାପସkapasa-
Karpas in the Russian language
Карпасkarpas-
Karpas in the Arabic language
كرباسkrbas-

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Karpas
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