How common is the surname Carden?

8,548 people in the United States had the surname Carden in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,119 Americans. It ranked 4,143rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Carden?

D'Arcy Carden, American actress and comedian.

Where is the surname Carden most common?

Wikidata records people named Carden in the United States.

Is the surname Carden getting more or less common?

More common. 8,506 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,548 in 2010, up 0.5%.

The surname Carden

A surname, carried by 8,548 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C635

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Carden is more common than 97.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,548 people named Carden in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 36,119 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 8,506.

#4,143

rank among US surnames

8,548

people in 2010

2.9

per 100,000 Americans

+0.5%

change since 2000 (was #3,836)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,134	Moncada	8,574	36,010
#4,135	Chavira	8,573	36,014
#4,138	Welker	8,566	36,043
#4,139	Teran	8,557	36,081
#4,140	Gainey	8,556	36,085
#4,141	Heinrich	8,552	36,102
#4,142	Vetter	8,550	36,111

Who is named Carden

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

89% of people named Carden identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Cardens

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

D'Arcy Carden
American actress and comedian, born 1980

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Carden

Carden has the Soundex code C635, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C635.

Questions

How common is the surname Carden?: 8,548 people in the United States had the surname Carden in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,119 Americans. It ranked 4,143rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Carden?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Carden identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Carden?: D'Arcy Carden, American actress and comedian.
Where is the surname Carden most common?: Wikidata records people named Carden in the United States.
Is the surname Carden getting more or less common?: More common. 8,506 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,548 in 2010, up 0.5%.