Carmichael

18,958 people in the United States were counted with the surname Carmichael in the 2020 census, making it the 1,860th most common in the country. That is about one person in 15,800.

By the numbers

People: 18,958
Rank: 1,860th
How common: 1 in 15,800
Per 100,000: 6.3

Where the name comes from

Origin Scottish Gaelic

From xcb *cayr (cognate of Welsh caer (“fort, stronghold”)) + the personal name Michael.

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

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

White, not Hispanic 69.9%
Black, not Hispanic 21.6%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.1%
Hispanic or Latino 3.2%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.8%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.5%

Notable people called Carmichael

Stokely Carmichael (1941–1998)American activist
Hoagy Carmichael (1899–1981)American composer, pianist, singer, actor and bandleader
Laura Carmichael (born 1986)British actress
Jesse Carmichael (born 1979)American musician
Jerrod Carmichael (born 1987)American comedian, actor, writer and director
Robert Daniel Carmichael (1879–1967)American mathematician
Amy Carmichael (1867–1951)Missionary in India
Alistair Carmichael (born 1965)British politician

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

Surnames like Carmichael

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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.