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Karas

in Michigan

There are 409 people with the last name "Karas" in Michigan.

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Ranking in Michigan

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Karas 2,323
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  1. is 2,319th most common Devereaux
  2. is 2,320th most common Eby
  3. is 2,321st most common Hairston
  4. is 2,322nd most common Hauser
  5. is 2,323rd most common Karas
  6. is 2,324th most common Karr
  7. is 2,325th most common Krohn
  8. is 2,326th most common Kumar
  9. is 2,327th most common Marquardt

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Karas

John, Joseph, Michael, Thomas, Richard, Ronald, Daniel, David, Edward, Eric

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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John Karas, MI (8 searches)
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