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Karas

in New Jersey

There are 214 people with the last name "Karas" in New Jersey.

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Karas 3,728
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  1. is 3,724th most common Crum
  2. is 3,725th most common Denicola
  3. is 3,726th most common Digregorio
  4. is 3,727th most common Evers
  5. is 3,728th most common Karas
  6. is 3,729th most common Mohammad
  7. is 3,730th most common Navarrete
  8. is 3,731st most common Perone
  9. is 3,732nd most common Saez

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Karas

James, Michael, Robert, John, Joseph, Mary, Edward, Linda, Nancy, Waldemar

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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James Karas, NJ (7 searches)
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