Carr

Carr is the 265th most common surname in the United States, shared by 115,016 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 2,599.

By the numbers

People: 115,016
Rank: 265th
How common: 1 in 2,599
Per 100,000: 38.5

Where the name comes from

Origin Old Norse

As an English and Scottish surname, variant of Kerr.

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

Who bears the name

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

White, not Hispanic 70.9%
Black, not Hispanic 20.2%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.2%
Hispanic or Latino 3.6%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.6%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.5%

Notable people called Carr

E. H. Carr (1892–1982)British historian, journalist, diplomat and political scientist
Emily Carr (1871–1945)Canadian painter and writer
John Dickson Carr (1906–1977)American writer
Eric Carr (1950–1991)American drummer, member of the rock band Kiss
Jimmy Carr (born 1972)British comedian and humourist
Gerald Carr (1932–2020)American astronaut
Henry Carr (1942–2015)American track and field athlete (1941/2–2015)
Stephen Carr (born 1976)Irish footballer

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

Surnames like Carr

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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.