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Where Does The Last Name Kars Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Kars (Arabic: قارس, Hindi: कर्स, Oriya: କସର୍, Russian: Карс) is carried by more people in Turkey than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Karś. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kars? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 68,884^th most commonly used surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 1,011,176 people. The last name Kars occurs predominantly in Asia, where 63 percent of Kars are found; 61 percent are found in West Asia and 60 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 254,712^th most frequently held first name throughout the world, borne by 998 people.

Kars is most commonly used in Turkey, where it is held by 4,841 people, or 1 in 16,075. In Turkey Kars is primarily concentrated in: Istanbul Province, where 20 percent live, Erzurum Province, where 13 percent live and Ankara Province, where 11 percent live. Apart from Turkey it exists in 57 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 18 percent live and Algeria, where 3 percent live.

Kars Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Kars has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Kars surname rose 247 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Kars Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland and Orthodox (78%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Kars last name are 39.59% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 86.36% being registered with the party.

The amount Kars earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 38.43% more than the national average, earning R 328,956 per year; in United States they earn 10.33% less than the national average, earning $38,692 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.27% less than the national average, earning $45,576 CAD per year.