How Many People Are Named Karan Kacala?
There are approximately 1 people named Karan Kacala living in the United States today. That makes this name combination very rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 342,754,338 Americans.
This estimate combines SSA birth records for the first name Karan with Census Bureau frequency data for the surname Kacala. Below you will find a breakdown of both names, including popularity trends, gender data, and Census background data where it is available.
Estimated People with This Name
1
1 in 342,754,338 Americans
Combination Rarity
Very Rare
First Name
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Last Name
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Karan: Popularity Over Time
Year-by-year SSA birth registrations for the first name Karan. The peak year was 1956 with 170 births. The average person named Karan today is 50 years old.
Ancestry of the First Name Karan
In the 2020 Census, the first name Karan was most commonly recorded among people who identified as Asian and Pacific Islander (45.63%). The next largest recorded groups were White (43.99%) and Black (5.09%).
These percentages describe the people who had the first name Karan in the 2020 Census. They do not tell you the deeper origin or meaning of the name itself.
Read this as a snapshot of who already had the name in 2020, not as a trend line. The SSA chart above is still the better way to see how Karan rose or fell over time.
Ancestry of the Kacala Surname
The surname Kacala was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White in the 2020 Census.
This is a self-reported race and ethnicity breakdown for people who had the surname Kacala in the published Census surname tables. It gives useful context around who was recorded with the name, but it does not tell the full family history of every Boone line.
How we calculated this
The first name "Karan" has an estimated frequency of < 0.0001% among living Americans, based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024 adjusted for mortality using CDC 2023 life tables.
The surname "Kacala" appears at a rate of 0.05 per 100,000 people in the 2020 U.S. Census.
We do not use the Census first-name snapshot for the main estimate because it is only published once every 10 years. The latest public first-name Census file is from 2020, which is already 6 years old. SSA birth records plus CDC survival data give a better current estimate of how many people with the first name Karan are likely to be alive now.
Multiplying these frequencies against the U.S. population of ~343 million gives 1 estimated people. This assumes first names and last names are statistically independent. Full methodology.
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Karan Kacala: Questions and Answers
How many people are named Karan Kacala?
We estimate approximately 1 people named Karan Kacala are alive in the United States today. The first name Karan is shared by 3,884 Americans, and the surname Kacala is shared by 161.
How rare is the name Karan Kacala?
This name combination is classified as Very Rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 342,754,338 Americans. The first name Karan is rare and the surname Kacala is very rare.
Is Karan a male or female name?
Karan is predominantly female, with 30.3% of bearers being male and 69.7% female. It peaked in popularity in 1956 and the average bearer today is 50 years old.
What does the Census say about the first name Karan?
In the 2020 Census, the first name Karan was most commonly recorded among people who identified as Asian and Pacific Islander (45.63%). The next largest recorded groups were White (43.99%) and Black (5.09%). These percentages describe the people who had the name in the 2020 Census, not the deeper origin of the name itself.
Where does this data come from?
First name data comes from the Social Security Administration (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables. When available, first-name Census background data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau first-name tables. Surname data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau. Full methodology.
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