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Karas

in Maryland

There are 87 people with the last name "Karas" in Maryland.

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Karas 5,924
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  1. is 5,920th most common Hargrave
  2. is 5,921st most common Hipkins
  3. is 5,922nd most common Hou
  4. is 5,923rd most common Kammer
  5. is 5,924th most common Karas
  6. is 5,925th most common Korman
  7. is 5,926th most common Legrand
  8. is 5,927th most common Liss
  9. is 5,928th most common Loney

Similar Names and Nicknames

Karam, Kara, Karasek, Karan, Karapetyan, Karasik, Karapetian, Kuras, Karaffa, Karalis

Most Common First Names for Karas

Michael, John, Benjamin, George, James, Karen, Keith, William, Avraam, Bradford

Meaning & History

Polish (Karaś); Hungarian (Kárász); Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Slovenian (Prekmurje), and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Slavic karas ‘crucian carp’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a carp fisher or possibly a nickname for someone with a fishlike appearance. As a Jewish name it is mainly an ornamental name.

Greek: from a nickname meaning ‘black’ (see Caras).

Hungarian: topographic name for someone living by the Karas river, a tributary of the river Danube, named with Turkish kara ‘black’ + suğ ‘water’.

German: from a short form of the personal name Zacharias or of the Greek saint's name Makarios, meaning ‘blessed one’.

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Michael Karas, MD (7 searches)
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