Explore the Family Name Karmazin

The meaning of Karmazin

Ukrainian (standard transliteration Karmazyn), Czech (mainly Karmazín), Slovak (Karmažín and Karmažin), and Jewish (from Ukraine and Poland): from Ukrainian karmazyn, Czech karmazín, old Slovak karmažin ‘crimson’, also ‘dark red cloth’ (ultimately from Arabic qirmizī ‘crimson’), probably a metonymic occupational name for a dyer or a producer of dyestuffs.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Karmazin saw a minor decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. Specifically, the rank of this last name dropped by about 3.25% from 70,052 in 2000 to 72,332 in 2010. However, the actual count of individuals with the surname Karmazin increased slightly by approximately 3.07%, from 261 to 269. The proportion of this surname per 100,000 people decreased by 10.0%, from 0.1 in 2000 to 0.09 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#70,052	#72,332	-3.25%
Count	261	269	3.07%
Proportion per 100k	0.1	0.09	-10%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Karmazin

Turning to ethnicity based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the majority of individuals with the Karmazin surname identified as White, an increase of 2.1% from 95.40% in 2000 to 97.40% in 2010. During the same period, those identifying as Black decreased significantly by 51.44%, from 3.83% to 1.86%. No significant change was observed for those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic, or American Indian and Alaskan Native - all these ethnic identities remained at 0% in both years. Also, there were no observed individuals identifying with two or more races.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.4%	97.4%	2.1%
Black	3.83%	1.86%	-51.44%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%