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) has its highest incidence in The United States. It may also be found in the variant forms: Karpaš. Click here to see other potential spellings of Karpas.

How Common Is The Last Name Karpas? popularity and diffusion

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

The last name is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 120 people, or 1 in 3,020,491. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Minnesota, where 19 percent live, New York, where 15 percent live and New Jersey, where 15 percent live. Other than The United States Karpas is found in 22 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 14 percent live and Lithuania, where 7 percent live.

Karpas Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Karpas last name are 16.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 63.33% being registered with the 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

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