How common is the surname Carmen?

3,161 people in the United States had the surname Carmen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 97,673 Americans. It ranked 10,193rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Carmen?

In the 2010 Census, 64% of people named Carmen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 23% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Carmen?

Eric Carmen, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and keyboardist (1949–2024), followed by Julie Carmen.

Where is the surname Carmen most common?

Wikidata records people named Carmen in the United States.

How do you pronounce Carmen?

Carmen is /ˈkɑː(ɹ)mən/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Carmen getting more or less common?

More common. 2,985 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,161 in 2010, up 5.9%.

Is Carmen also a first name?

Yes. Carmen is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Carmen

A surname, carried by 3,161 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈkɑː(ɹ)mən/ 2 syllables Soundex C655 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Carmen is more common than 93.7% of them.

Origin

From Spanish Carmen, cognate with English Carmel. Made famous outside Spain by the opera Carmen (1875) by Georges Bizet.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,161 people named Carmen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 97,673 Americans. That is up 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,985.

#10,193

rank among US surnames

3,161

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+5.9%

change since 2000 (was #9,973)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,186	Smit	3,164	97,581
#10,189	Thome	3,163	97,612
#10,191	O'Loughlin	3,162	97,642
#10,193	Pizzo	3,161	97,673
#10,197	Garr	3,160	97,704

Who is named Carmen

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

64% of people named Carmen identified as white (not Hispanic), 23% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 7.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 64%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 23%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.3%
Two or more races 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Carmens

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Eric Carmen
American singer-songwriter, guitarist and keyboardist (1949–2024)
Julie Carmen
Actress, dancer turned psychotherapist, born 1954
Jeanne Carmen
American model, actress and trick golfer (1930–2007)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Carmen

Carmen 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 Carmen come from?: From Spanish Carmen, cognate with English Carmel. Made famous outside Spain by the opera Carmen (1875) by Georges Bizet.
How common is the surname Carmen?: 3,161 people in the United States had the surname Carmen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 97,673 Americans. It ranked 10,193rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Carmen?: In the 2010 Census, 64% of people named Carmen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 23% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Carmen?: Eric Carmen, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and keyboardist (1949–2024), followed by Julie Carmen.
Where is the surname Carmen most common?: Wikidata records people named Carmen in the United States.
How do you pronounce Carmen?: Carmen is /ˈkɑː(ɹ)mən/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Carmen getting more or less common?: More common. 2,985 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,161 in 2010, up 5.9%.
Is Carmen also a first name?: Yes. Carmen is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.