The surname Carmichael
A Scottish place surname, carried by 19,628 people in the United States.
Pronounced /ˈkɑɹmaɪkəl/ 3 syllables Soundex C652
Origin
Scottish origin
From Cumbric *cayr (cognate of Welsh caer (“fort, stronghold”)) + the personal name Michael.
Carmichael is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 19,628 people named Carmichael in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 15,730 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 19,011.
Who is named Carmichael
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
72% of people named Carmichael identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 72%
- Black (not Hispanic) 22%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
- Two or more races 2.2%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Famous Carmichaels
17 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Hoagy CarmichaelAmerican composer, pianist, singer, actor and bandleader (1899–1981)
- Stokely CarmichaelAmerican activist (1941-1998)
- Laura CarmichaelBritish actress, born 1986
- Jesse CarmichaelAmerican musician, born 1979
- Jerrod CarmichaelAmerican comedian, actor, writer and director (born 1987)
- Robert Daniel CarmichaelAmerican mathematician (1879-1967)
- Caitlin CarmichaelAmerican actress, born 2004
- Ricky CarmichaelAmerican motorcycle and stock car racing driver, born 1979
- Phil CarmichaelAustralian rugby union player (1884-1973)
- Bob CarmichaelAustralian tennis player (1940–2003)
- Jackie CarmichaelAmerican basketball player (born 1990)
- Leonard CarmichaelAmerican psychologist and the 7th Secretary of the Smithsonian (1898–1973)
Notable Carmichaels come mostly from the United States (13), the United Kingdom (2) and Australia (2).
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Variant spellings
- Carmical
- Carmicheal
Carmichael has the Soundex code C652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C652.
Questions
- Where does the surname Carmichael come from?
- From Cumbric *cayr (cognate of Welsh caer (“fort, stronghold”)) + the personal name Michael.
- How common is the surname Carmichael?
- 19,628 people in the United States had the surname Carmichael in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 15,730 Americans. It ranked 1,825th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Carmichael?
- In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Carmichael identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Carmichael?
- Hoagy Carmichael, American composer, pianist, singer, actor and bandleader (1899–1981), followed by Stokely Carmichael.
- Where is the surname Carmichael most common?
- Wikidata records people named Carmichael in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.
- How do you pronounce Carmichael?
- Carmichael is /ˈkɑɹmaɪkəl/, 3 syllables.
- What type of surname is Carmichael?
- Carmichael is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
- Is the surname Carmichael getting more or less common?
- More common. 19,011 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 19,628 in 2010, up 3.2%.
- What are other spellings of Carmichael?
- Carmical and Carmicheal.