Explore the Family Name Karic

The meaning of Karic

Bosniak, Serbian, and Croatian (Karić): patronymic from a nickname based on Turkish kara ‘black’, which was in the times of the Turkish occupation of the Balkans often put before Muslim and non-Muslim personal names, as for example in Serbian Karađorđe ‘Black George’.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Karic has significantly increased between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, the surname Karic was ranked 70,473 in terms of popularity, but by 2010 it had risen to the rank of 54,990 - an increase of nearly 22 percent. Additionally, the count of individuals bearing this surname also rose from 259 in 2000 to 374 in 2010, marking a growth of 44.4 percent. The proportion per 100k people also saw a considerable growth of 30 percent during the same period, moving from 0.1 to 0.13.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#70,473	#54,990	21.97%
Count	259	374	44.4%
Proportion per 100k	0.1	0.13	30%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Karic

The ethnicity associated with the surname Karic, as seen in the Decennial U.S. Census data, shows some significant shifts over the decade. In 2000, about 91.51 percent of individuals with the surname Karic identified as White, and this percentage increased to 98.93 percent in 2010, reflecting a change of 8.11 percent. There were no people who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic, Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native in both years. Interestingly, there was a sharp decline in those identifying with two or more races from 8.11 percent in 2000 to none in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	91.51%	98.93%	8.11%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	8.11%	0%	-100%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%