# Carlos (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/carlos/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 15,462 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,357 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 19,968 people |
| Change since 2000 | +27% (12,162 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Carlos in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 13% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 69% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 12% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Carlos in Brazil, the United States and Angola.

## People named Carlos

- Wendy Carlos, American composer and electronic musician (born 1939)
- John Carlos, American track and field athlete
- Luciano Asley Rocha Carlos, Brazilian association football player
- Erikson Carlos Batista dos Santos, Brazilian association football player
- Azenaide Carlos, Angolan handball player
- Chiquinho Carlos, Brazilian footballer
- Ana Fani Alessandri Carlos, Brazilian geographer
- GoldLink, American rapper

## Similar surnames

Corrales, Carolus, Carlson, Charles, Carlisle, Carlsen, Charleston, Carlock, Carlucci, Carlstrom, Corliss, Charlesworth.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.