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The surname Carlile

A surname, carried by 4,739 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C644

Carlile: #7,061 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Carlile #7,061, 4,739 people Carlile: #7,061 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Carlile #7,061, 4,739 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Carlile is more common than 95.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,739 people named Carlile in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 65,150 Americans. That is up 5.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,498.

#7,061
rank among US surnames
4,739
people in 2010
1.6
per 100,000 Americans
+5.4%
change since 2000 (was #6,887)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#7,057Propst4,74365,095
#7,059Maze4,74265,109
#7,060Edgerton4,74065,136
#7,061Wittman4,73965,150

Who is named Carlile

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

91% of people named Carlile identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 91%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
  • Two or more races 2.0%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.9%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Carliles

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Brandi Carlile
    American alternative country and folk rock singer-songwriter (born 1981)
  • John S. Carlile
    American politician (1817-1878)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Carlile

Carlile has the Soundex code C644, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C644.

Questions

How common is the surname Carlile?
4,739 people in the United States had the surname Carlile in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 65,150 Americans. It ranked 7,061st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Carlile?
In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Carlile identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Carlile?
Brandi Carlile, American alternative country and folk rock singer-songwriter (born 1981), followed by John S. Carlile.
Where is the surname Carlile most common?
Wikidata records people named Carlile in the United States.
Is the surname Carlile getting more or less common?
More common. 4,498 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,739 in 2010, up 5.4%.