Surname Karas in modern Croatia

Karas families are frequently Croats and they are mostly from Jastrebarsko area , less frequently Serbs. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb and Karlovac. In Desni Štefanki in Jastrebarsko area every ninth inhabitant had the family name Karas.

Prevalence

About 500 people with faimily name Karas live in Croatia today, in 220 households. There were 700 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent.
They are located in the most of Croatian counties, in 35 cities and 66 other places, mostly in Zagreb (70), Karlovac (40), Nespes (25), Velika Gorica (20), and in Desni Stefanki in Jastrebarsko area (20).

Outside Croatia

Family name Karas (including: Karras , Karash , Kharas , Karasz , Karass , Karaas , Kharash , Karrass and Karrash ) is present in 99 countries worldwide. The family name "Karas " is used by some 20000 people in Poland , about 20000 in the United States , and some 10000 people in Ukraine. "Karass " is used by some 100 people in Egypt , about 70 in the United States , and small number of people in Russian Federation. "Karras " is used by some 7000 people in Greece , about 4000 in the United States , and some 2000 people in Germany.

Characteristic first names

Neven Karas, Dragomir Karas, Ivica Karas, Željko Karas, Marija Karas, Stjepan Karas, Antun Karas, Denis Karas, Ivan Karas, Zdravko Karas, Manda Karas, Lidija Karas, Željka Karas, Maja Karas, Branko Karas, Danijel Karas, Josip Karas, Franjo Karas, Anica Karas

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over twenty times, the first time 1902 in source Hartmann's General List of Apartments in Zagreb.

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