The Karas surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,858 people carried this name — #5,890 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 50,300 people counted. That is up 20% from 4,894 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
8,576 people named Karas have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 9,739 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 126 people named Karas.
59 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 125 people named Karas live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
36 people named Karas live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
78 people named Karas are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Karas in American newspapers,
1904–1924.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 189,363 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Karas,
with a public archive behind them.
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Vjekoslav Karas 1821–1858 · painter -
Josef Karas 1867–1943 · politician -
Blažej Josef Karas d. 1863
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Miroslav Karas d. 1973
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Blasius Karas 1799– · regular cleric
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František Jan Ladislav Karas 1803–1871 · teacher
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Karas.
- Kaprielian 274 · U.S. census
- Kaps 408 · U.S. census
- Kapusta 913 · U.S. census
- Kara 1,308 · U.S. census
- Karam 3,401 · U.S. census
- Karapetyan 1,260 · U.S. census
- Karch 1,506 · U.S. census
- Karcher 3,746 · U.S. census
- Karcz 644 · U.S. census
- Karczewski 1,058 · U.S. census
- Kari 530 · U.S. census
- Karim 5,729 · U.S. census
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