How common is the surname Carew?

2,406 people in the United States had the surname Carew in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 128,323 Americans. It ranked 12,817th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Carew?

Mary Carew, athletics competitor (1913-2002), followed by Rod Carew.

Where is the surname Carew most common?

Wikidata records people named Carew in the United States and Panama.

How do you pronounce Carew?

Carew is /ˈkɛəɹuː/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Carew getting more or less common?

More common. 2,167 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,406 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Carew

A Welsh place surname, carried by 2,406 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈkɛəɹuː/ 2 syllables Soundex C600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Carew is more common than 92.1% of them.

Origin

Welsh origin

From Welsh caer (“fort”) + rhiw (“hill; slope”).

Carew is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 60 Welsh surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,406 people named Carew in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 128,323 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,167.

#12,817

rank among US surnames

2,406

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+11%

change since 2000 (was #12,971)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,812	Benard	2,407	128,270
#12,817	Carew	2,406	128,323
#12,821	Brugger	2,405	128,377
#12,825	Grays	2,404	128,430

Who is named Carew

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

77% of people named Carew identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 77%
Black (not Hispanic) 15%
Two or more races 3.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Carews

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mary Carew
Athletics competitor (1913-2002)
Rod Carew
American baseball player and coach, born 1945
James Carew
American stage and film actor (1876-1938)
Ora Carew
American actress (1893–1955)

Notable Carews come mostly from the United States (3) and Panama (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Carew

Carew has the Soundex code C600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C600.

Other Welsh surnames

All 60 Welsh surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Carew come from?: From Welsh caer (“fort”) + rhiw (“hill; slope”).
How common is the surname Carew?: 2,406 people in the United States had the surname Carew in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 128,323 Americans. It ranked 12,817th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Carew?: In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Carew identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Carew?: Mary Carew, athletics competitor (1913-2002), followed by Rod Carew.
Where is the surname Carew most common?: Wikidata records people named Carew in the United States and Panama.
How do you pronounce Carew?: Carew is /ˈkɛəɹuː/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Carew?: Carew is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Carew getting more or less common?: More common. 2,167 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,406 in 2010, up 11%.