How common is the surname Carithers?

1,114 people in the United States had the surname Carithers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 277,150 Americans. It ranked 22,963rd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Carithers getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,175 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,114 in 2010, down 5.2%.

The surname Carithers

A surname, carried by 1,114 people in the United States.

3 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). Carithers is more common than 85.8% of them.

Origin

Variant of Carruthers.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,114 people named Carithers in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 277,150 Americans. That is down 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,175.

#22,963

rank among US surnames

1,114

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-5.2%

change since 2000 (was #20,887)

Who is named Carithers

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

78% of people named Carithers identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 78%
Black (not Hispanic) 18%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.4%

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 Carithers

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

Questions

Where does the surname Carithers come from?: Variant of Carruthers.
How common is the surname Carithers?: 1,114 people in the United States had the surname Carithers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 277,150 Americans. It ranked 22,963rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Carithers?: In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Carithers identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Carithers getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,175 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,114 in 2010, down 5.2%.