# Caraway (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/caraway/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,517 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,340 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 47,375 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.0% (6,268 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From the Middle English occupational surname, probably for a spice merchant, related to caraway.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Caraway in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 77% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 17% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Similar surnames

Carraway, Carey, Carew, Carrow, Carra, Cara, Carr, Curry, Correa, Cherry, Crowe, Crow.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.