Karaer
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Kara yağız, esmer yiğit
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/kaɾaɛɾ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Karaer is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Türkiye than in any other country.
- TRTürkiye≈1 in 11K(inferred from the name graph)
- CYCyprus≈1 in 47K
- BEBelgium1 in 165K
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.
- Türkiye (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 57 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 11K (inferred from the name graph)
≈7,600 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Türkiye, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Kara yağız, esmer yiğit.
Sources 1
- TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Karaer 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TR Türkiye | ≈7,600 est. | ≈1 in 11K | — | Karaer | 57 |
| FR France | ≈200 est. | ≈1 in 337K | 33 | Karaer | 2 |
| NL Netherlands | 93 | 1 in 186K | 93 | Karaer | 13 |
| BE Belgium | 71 | 1 in 165K | 71 | Karaer | 7 |
| US United States | ≈35 est. | ≈1 in 9.4M | — | Karaer | 30 |
| CH Switzerland | 28 | 1 in 300K | 28 | Karaer | 3 |
| CY Cyprus | ≈27 est. | ≈1 in 47K | — | Karaer | 4 |
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: CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Haydar Karaerb. 1920TRTurkish film director (1920–2014)
- Mustafa Necati Karaerb. 1929TRTurkish writer (1929–1995)
- Sefer Karaerb. 1956TRTurkish association football player and manager (born 1956)
- Anıl Karaerb. 1988TRTurkish association football player (born 1988)
- Refika Karaerresearcher
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)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 9 sources across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 93 | #20,234 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 71 | #20,220 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 33 | — |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 28 | #28,759 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 16 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 4 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | — | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | — | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | — | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | — | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | — | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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
- How do you pronounce Karaer?
- A machine transcription gives /kaɾaɛɾ/ (IPA) for Turkish.
- What does the name Karaer mean?
- Recorded meaning: Kara yağız, esmer yiğit.
- In which country does Karaer have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 7.6 thousand people named Karaer in Türkiye, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled karaer.
- How common is the name Karaer?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 93 people named Karaer in 2007, about 1 in 186 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/karaerThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Karaer”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.