Caras

See also: caras, carás, and čaraš

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)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Caras is the 33856^th 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

• Casar, ascar, Ascra, ascar-, ACARS, sacra, SAARC, Arcas, sacar

Romanian

Etymology

From caras.

Proper noun

Caras m (genitive/dative lui Caras)

1. a surname

References

• Iordan, Iorgu (1983), Dicționar al numelor de familie românești [A Dictionary of Romanian Family Names]‎, Bucharest: Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică