Caras

surname · Latin script

Meaning: feminine plural of caro

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ˈkɑɹəz/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Caras is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 41K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 495K
  • JMJamaica≈1 in 112K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Philippines (inferred from the name graph)

≈2,700 people, est.

Sources
203 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 41K (inferred from the name graph)

Philippines, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

feminine plural of caro

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Caras counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Caras is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PH Philippines≈2,700 est.≈1 in 41K—Caras47
US United States6721 in 495K779Caras203
BR Brazil2601 in 814K260——
GB United Kingdom≈180 est.≈1 in 361K—Caras32
IT Italy≈110 est.≈1 in 584K—Caras2
AU Australia≈60 est.≈1 in 422K—Caras37
JM Jamaica≈25 est.≈1 in 112K—Caras1
EE Estonia≈5 est.≈1 in 234Klisted—1

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Caras is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Turkish surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, United States

    Also written Çaras, Çaraş, Caraş, Căraş

  • Polish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Poland, Czechia, United States

    Languages: Polish, Czech

    Also written Caraś, Čaras

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Caraş, Caraș

  • German surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Germany, Austria, Philippines

    Also written Carás, Caraș

  • Swahili surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, United States

    Also written Çåräs

32 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Caras is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • Plg. liet. Carus, Čeras (žr.), lat. Čarinš (LAG 504)

    as a nameLietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames)

  • In French, second-person singular past historic of carer

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Latin, accusative feminine plural of cārus

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Romanian, crucian carp (Carassius carassius)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Lithuanian, tsar

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1940196019802000Ion Caras, b. 1950Emil Caras, b. 1967Alexandra Caras, b. 1989

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Ms Caras,
InformalHi Caras,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 16 sources across 8 countries.

Official registers attesting Caras
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020779#31,790
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000717#30,682
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010672#33,856
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—260#29,707
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Caras mean, and where does it come from?
feminine plural of caro Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Caras?
A machine transcription gives /ˈkɑɹəz/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Caras have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.7 thousand people named Caras in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled caras.
How common is the name Caras?
In the United States, the national register counted 672 people named Caras in 2010, about 1 in 495 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Caras”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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