How common is the surname Carcamo?

5,205 people in the United States had the surname Carcamo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 59,317 Americans. It ranked 6,516th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Carcamo getting more or less common?

More common. 3,118 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,205 in 2010, up 67%.

The surname Carcamo

A surname, carried by 5,205 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex C625

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Carcamo is more common than 96% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,205 people named Carcamo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 59,317 Americans. That is up 67% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,118.

#6,516

rank among US surnames

5,205

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+66.9%

change since 2000 (was #9,567)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,511	Melgoza	5,211	59,249
#6,513	Allgood	5,210	59,260
#6,514	Raab	5,208	59,283
#6,516	Wilmoth	5,205	59,317

Who is named Carcamo

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Carcamo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 3.0% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
White (not Hispanic) 3.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Carcamo

Carson

Carcamo has the Soundex code C625, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C625.

Questions

How common is the surname Carcamo?: 5,205 people in the United States had the surname Carcamo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 59,317 Americans. It ranked 6,516th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Carcamo?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Carcamo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.0% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Carcamo getting more or less common?: More common. 3,118 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,205 in 2010, up 67%.