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    The surname Caris

    A Dutch surname, carried by 579 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C620

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Caris is more common than 76.4% of them.

    Origin

    Dutch origin

    Various origins: * A variant spelling of Carras. * Borrowed from Dutch Caris, a reduced form of the personal name Macarius. * An Americanized spelling of German Karas, Gareis or Gehres.

    One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 579 people named Caris in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 533,239 Americans. That is down 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 661.

    #38,265
    rank among US surnames
    579
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -12.4%
    change since 2000 (was #32,743)

    Who is named Caris

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

    90% of people named Caris identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Caris

    Caris has the Soundex code C620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C620.

    Other Dutch surnames

    All 167 Dutch surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Caris come from?
    Various origins: * A variant spelling of Carras. * Borrowed from Dutch Caris, a reduced form of the personal name Macarius. * An Americanized spelling of German Karas, Gareis or Gehres.
    How common is the surname Caris?
    579 people in the United States had the surname Caris in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 533,239 Americans. It ranked 38,265th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Caris?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Caris identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Caris getting more or less common?
    Less common. 661 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 579 in 2010, down 12%.