How common is the surname Carder?

5,529 people in the United States had the surname Carder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 55,841 Americans. It ranked 6,188th of 162,253 surnames.

Where is the surname Carder most common?

Wikidata records people named Carder in the United States.

Is the surname Carder getting more or less common?

More common. 5,411 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,529 in 2010, up 2.2%.

The surname Carder

An occupational surname, carried by 5,529 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C636

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Carder is more common than 96.2% of them.

Origin

A surname originating as an occupation for a carder.

Carder is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,529 people named Carder in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 55,841 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,411.

#6,188

rank among US surnames

5,529

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+2.2%

change since 2000 (was #5,861)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,183	Gu	5,532	55,811
#6,185	Thom	5,531	55,821
#6,186	Villar	5,530	55,831
#6,188	Carder	5,529	55,841
#6,190	Eagan	5,528	55,851

Who is named Carder

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

94% of people named Carder identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Carders

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lacey Sturm
American singer, born 1981

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Carder

Carder has the Soundex code C636, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C636.

Questions

How common is the surname Carder?: 5,529 people in the United States had the surname Carder in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 55,841 Americans. It ranked 6,188th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Carder?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Carder identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Carder?: Lacey Sturm, American singer.
Where is the surname Carder most common?: Wikidata records people named Carder in the United States.
What type of surname is Carder?: Carder is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Carder getting more or less common?: More common. 5,411 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,529 in 2010, up 2.2%.