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Karas

in the US

There are 4,313 people with the last name "Karas" in the United States.

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Karas 6,231
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  5. is 6,231st most common Karas
  6. is 6,232nd most common Steffens
  7. is 6,233rd most common Mccafferty
  8. is 6,234th most common Nicol
  9. is 6,235th most common Pirtle

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Karas

John, Michael, James, George, Joseph, Robert, David, Richard, William, Mary

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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