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    The surname Carman

    A surname, carried by 11,302 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C655

    Carman: #3,198 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Carman #3,198, 11,302 people Carman: #3,198 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Carman #3,198, 11,302 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Carman is more common than 98% of them.

    Origin

    * From Old Norse karmann. * A variant of Charman. * An alteration of Karman. * An Americanization of Kormann, Kornmann, or some other like-sounding surname. * From Slovene Čarman.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,302 people named Carman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 27,318 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,048.

    #3,198
    rank among US surnames
    11,302
    people in 2010
    3.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.3%
    change since 2000 (was #3,003)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,189Lindquist11,33727,233
    #3,190Gooden11,33527,238
    #3,191Whiteside11,33427,241
    #3,192Gardiner11,33127,248
    #3,193Rodas11,32727,257
    #3,194Haggerty11,32027,274
    #3,195Shuler11,31527,286

    Who is named Carman

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

    90% of people named Carman identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Carmans

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Patrick Carman
      American writer, born 1966

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Carman

    Carman has the Soundex code C655, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C655.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Carman come from?
    * From Old Norse karmann. * A variant of Charman. * An alteration of Karman. * An Americanization of Kormann, Kornmann, or some other like-sounding surname. * From Slovene Čarman.
    How common is the surname Carman?
    11,302 people in the United States had the surname Carman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,318 Americans. It ranked 3,198th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Carman?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Carman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Carman?
    Patrick Carman, American writer.
    Where is the surname Carman most common?
    Wikidata records people named Carman in the United States.
    Is the surname Carman getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,048 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,302 in 2010, up 2.3%.