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Karas

in Rhode Island

There are 13 people with the last name "Karas" in Rhode Island.

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Ranking in Rhode Island

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Karas 9,971
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  1. is 9,967th most common Isabelle
  2. is 9,968th most common Janigian
  3. is 9,969th most common Jocelyn
  4. is 9,970th most common Justo
  5. is 9,971st most common Karas
  6. is 9,972nd most common Katzen
  7. is 9,973rd most common Kayata
  8. is 9,974th most common Keen
  9. is 9,975th most common Keeney

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Karas

Kathleen, Morgan, Christina, Elizabeth, Joseph, Julie, Nancy, Riley, Ruby, Stephanie

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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Kathleen Karas, RI (7 searches)
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