Explore the Family Name Karalis

The meaning of Karalis

Greek: 1. nickname from Turkish karalı ‘having black (e.g. spots)’. 2. from the Turkish nickname Kara Ali ‘Black Ali’ (see Kara 1 and Ali). 3. from the South Slavic nickname Kralj ‘king’. Some characteristic forenames: Greek Despina, Dimitrios, Constantine, Costas, Fotios, Ioannis, Panagiotis, Spiro, Stavros.

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How common is the last name Karalis in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Karalis saw a slight decrease between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked as the 43,232nd most common surname in the United States with a count of 471 individuals carrying this surname. By 2010, its rank had dropped to 46,219 with only 461 individuals recorded with this surname, indicating a 2.12% decrease in count over the decade. The proportion of individuals with the surname Karalis per 100,000 people also fell from 0.17 to 0.16 during the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#43,232	#46,219	-6.91%
Count	471	461	-2.12%
Proportion per 100k	0.17	0.16	-5.88%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Karalis

The ethnic identity associated with the surname Karalis remained predominantly White according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. In 2000, approximately 95.75% of individuals with this surname identified as White, which increased to 98.26% by 2010. During the same time frame, there was a small representation under the category of "Two or more races," estimated at 3.18% in 2000. However, by 2010, this percentage dropped to zero. Other ethnic identities such as Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic, Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native were not represented among those with the surname Karalis in both the 2000 and 2010 censuses.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.75%	98.26%	2.62%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	3.18%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%