Karas

in Oregon

There are 23 people with the last name "Karas" in Oregon.

Ranking in Oregon

Name	Rank
Karas	16,014

is 16,010th most common Kaeser
is 16,011th most common Kalar
is 16,012th most common Kallstrom
is 16,013th most common Kampfer
is 16,014th most common Karas
is 16,015th most common Katter
is 16,016th most common Keagle
is 16,017th most common Kegel
is 16,018th most common Kellmer

Meaning & History

Karas

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’.