Carlos

Carlos is the 2,338th most common surname in the United States, shared by 15,191 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 19,700.

By the numbers

People: 15,191
Rank: 2,338th
How common: 1 in 19,700
Per 100,000: 5.1

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Carlos described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

Hispanic or Latino 68.0%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 13.6%
White, not Hispanic 12.4%
Black, not Hispanic 3.5%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 1.5%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 1.0%

Notable people called Carlos

Roberto Carlos (born 1973)Brazilian footballer
Wendy Carlos (born 1939)American composer and electronic musician
Diego Carlos (born 1993)Brazilian association football player
Roberto Carlos (born 1941)Brazilian singer-songwriter
John Carlos (born 1945)American track and field athlete
Zé Carlos (1968–2024)Brazilian footballer
Luiz Carlos (born 1971)Brazilian association football player
Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria (1938–2015)Spanish Royal (1938-2015); son of Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria and Princess Alicia of Bourbon-Parma

People named Carlos with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Carlos

Also a first name

Carlos has been given to 309,076 American babies as a first name since 1880, peaking in 2001. See it as a given name.

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.