Karaka
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Karaka is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- INIndia1 in 1.2M(measured from records)
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 77K
- DKDenmark1 in 3.3Kas Kirk
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Karaka itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 38 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 77K (inferred from the name graph)
54,394 named Kirk, 2010
Highest-authority source
New Zealand, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Karaka 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 54,394as Kirk | 1 in 6.1K | 55K | Karaka | 22 |
| DK Denmark | 1,780as Kirk | 1 in 3.3K | 1.8K | — | — |
| IN India | 1,089 | 1 in 1.2M | 1.1K | Karaka | 38 |
| ES Spain | 117as Kirk | 1 in 427K | 117 | — | — |
| FI Finland | 80as Kirk | 1 in 70K | 80 | — | — |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈64 est. | ≈1 in 77K | 10 | — | 2 |
| VC St. Vincent & Grenadines | 2as Kirk | 1 in 51K | 38 | — | — |
54,394 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010, counting the spelling kirk. 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 — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Electoral Office of St Vincent & the Grenadines — Final Voters List (Nov 2025); DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Karaka is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Russian, "punishment."
as a wordA Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)
In English, An evergreen tree, Corynocarpus laevigatus, bearing fruits with a kernel that can be eaten after extensive roasting and washing.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In llp, walk bent over, hands supporting body (indicates child will soon walk properly)
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In Māori, karaka (Corynocarpus laevigatus)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In bnp, to crawl
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In Serbo-Croatian, carrack
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.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 5 sources across 2 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 2.7K | #1,355 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls | — | 1.1K | #5,130 |
Reference works 1
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
- In which country does Karaka have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 54 thousand people named Kirk, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Karaka?
- In India, the national register counted 1,089 people named Karaka, about 1 in 1.2 million residents.
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curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/karakaThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Karaka”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.