Karp is used as a family name or surname in Israel. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Karp
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Israel
Meaning: In France, the name is taken in Moselle. Varientes: Karpe, Karpp, Karps. It designates carp probable nickname for a fisherman.

How popular is Karp?

Karp is common in Israel.

Karp is ranked 20216 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Karp bearers increased by 4.067923 per cent in 2010 US census to 5577 since 2000, the surname slipped by 229 spots and ranked at 6143. The last name was found in around 19 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.84 96.25
Hispanic or Latino 2.56 1.44
Others 1.29 0.84
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.75 0.58
Black 0.39 0.75
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.16 0.15
Karp is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Estonia is ahead in terms of density. Around 25686 people have been found who wears Karp as their family name. Karp is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
51,441 Kyrgyzstan8
6,940 Japan8
83,411 Czech Republic8
9,853 Armenia6
11,342 Uruguay3
6,270 Hong Kong3
14,400 Uzbekistan3
32,472 Azerbaijan3
11,736 Lithuania2
41,879 Turkey2
18,718 Thailand2
37,372 Georgia2
20,595 China2
65,594 Belgium2
50,640 Switzerland2
16,228 Bulgaria1
31,584 Peru1
24,771 Colombia1
9,498 Iceland1
25,721 Egypt1
6,212 Jamaica1
16,073 Latvia1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
8,430 Northern Ireland1
17,768 Pakistan1
49,101 Denmark1
24,421 Slovakia1
10,683 Cyprus1
19,810 Croatia1
66,560 Philippines1
7,941 Guatemala1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
1,273 Luxembourg46
16,483 Chile45
17,488 Norway39
745 Barbados39
49,869 Spain38
308,954 India34
11,444 Portugal28
18,457 Scotland20
14,048 Ireland16
26,722 New Zealand14
78,557 Netherlands13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
33,507 Kazakhstan72
Countries with hundreds of Karp:
147 Estonia628
9,299 Argentina582
11,162 South Africa566
21,615 France453
10,377 Canada380
1,585 Moldova329
36,063 Brazil318
5,376 Belarus285
20,021 England263
11,611 Australia240
38,007 Italy224
4,564 Sweden210
4,315 Finland181
12,156 Romania167
13,267 Greece147
12,545 Austria105
27,127 Mexico105
Countries with thousands of Karp:
4,846 United States8,179
1,079 Poland4,583
3,714 Germany2,387
8,876 Russia2,073
3,747 Ukraine1,521
829 Israel1,284
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Karp Namesakes

  • Tommy Karpency, Boxer
  • Tommy Karpency, Boxer
  • Agnieszka Karpiesiuk, Olympic athlete
  • Gennadi Karponosov, Olympic athlete
  • Alena Karpovich, Musical artist
  • Alessandra Karpoff, Voice actress
  • Alex Karpovsky, Director
  • Alfons Karpiński, Artist
  • Alex Karp, Businessman
  • Alena Karpovich, Musical artist

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