as a Last Name
- 4,705
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Karas
Meaning & Origins
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.
| 6,272nd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Karam, Kara, Karasek, Karan, Karapetyan, Karasik, Karapetian, Kuras, Karaffa, Karalis
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 4,705
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- North Dakota
- has the most people named Karas per capita
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