Karav
surname · Hindi · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Karav is a surname, most frequently recorded in India. It appears chiefly in Hindi and Turkish, written in the Latin script.
- TRTürkiye1 in 174K◐
- INIndia1 in 713K
- GRGreece1 in 459K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world●
| Country | Share of this name | |
|---|---|---|
| IN India | 1,480 | 52% |
| TR Türkiye | 1,282 | 45% |
| US United States | 28 | 1% |
| DE Germany | 25 | 1% |
| GR Greece | 10 | 1% |
≈2,825 recorded bearers across the countries shown (a sample of the full distribution).
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- Hindi1.5K52%
- Turkish1.3K45%
- English301%
- German251%
- Greek101%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Hindi | 1,480 | 52% |
| Turkish | 1,290 | 45% |
| English | 30 | 1% |
| German | 25 | 1% |
| Greek | 10 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Evidence●
Attested in 3 sources across 2 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls | — | 15 | #94,272 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 3 | #282,211 |
| EE Estonia | Siseministeerium — population register name list 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Register rows as of the 2026-09-03 data build · 3 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Karav?
- Our records include 2,825 bearers of Karav across 5 countries — a sample of the full distribution.
- In which country does Karav have the most bearers?
- Karav is most frequently recorded in India.
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Karav”. Data snapshot 2026-08-31.