Karps Surname

1,385,851st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 158 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Karps Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Karps Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia831:24,6993,755
United States301:12,081,964463,456
Brazil171:12,592,608246,358
Canada171:2,167,388133,872
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Karps (63) may also be a first name.

Karps Last Name Facts

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

The surname Karps (Russian: Карпс) is found most frequently in Latvia. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Karps.

How Common Is The Last Name Karps? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,385,851st most widely held family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 46,123,708 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 58 percent of Karps reside; 54 percent reside in Northern Europe and 53 percent reside in Baltic Europe. It is also the 1,234,572nd most frequently used given name in the world. It is borne by 63 people.

This last name is most commonly held in Latvia, where it is borne by 83 people, or 1 in 24,699. In Latvia Karps is most prevalent in: Riga Planning Region, where 59 percent are found, Semigallia, where 25 percent are found and Latgale, where 7 percent are found. Apart from Latvia this last name is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 19 percent are found and Brazil, where 11 percent are found.

Karps Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Karps has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Karps surname grew 1,000 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Karps Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Karps earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 5.42% more than the national average, earning $45,489 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.09% less than the national average, earning $40,696 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Karpss9131/
Kerps80317/
Korps80146/
Carps8092/
Karbs8079/
Korpås7369/
Keerps7329/
Carpse731/
Carpps730/
Koerps730/
Karbsch674/
Kaerbsch622/
Korpsova622/
Kerbs602,562/
Corps60624/
Körbs60245/
Korbs6074/
Carbs6021/
Cērps602/
Korpś601/
Korvs601/
Carvs600/
Corpse5555/
Keerbs5531/
Koerbs5527/
Kärvås559/
Khorbs553/
Coorps551/
Kerbsz551/
Karbch551/
Kärbsch503/
Kharbch502/
Korbsch502/

Karps Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Karps in the Russian language
Карпсkarps-

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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 Karps
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