Caras
English
Etymology
- As a Greek surname, variant of Karas. Compare also Carras.
- Also as a Greek surname, from the personal name Kyriakos, see also Kyriacou.
- As a Romanian surname, from caras (“crucian carp”), see Karas.
- As a Jewish surname of Slavic (Ukrainian, Belarusian, Czech, Serbo-Croatian, Slovene), variant of Karas.
- As a Polish (Karaś), Hungarian (Kárász) and Jewish surname, from the "carp" sense above.
Proper noun
Caras (plural Carases)
- A surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Caras is the 33856th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 672 individuals. Caras is most common among White (78.87%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (11.46%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Caras”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 286.
Anagrams
Romanian
Etymology
From caras.
Proper noun
Caras m (genitive/dative lui Caras)
- a surname
References
- Iordan, Iorgu (1983) Dicționar al numelor de familie românești [A Dictionary of Romanian Family Names][1], Bucharest: Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică