How common is the surname Carmody?

5,688 people in the United States had the surname Carmody in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,280 Americans. It ranked 6,041st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Carmody?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Carmody identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Carmody?

Robert Carmody, boxer (1938–1967).

Where is the surname Carmody most common?

Wikidata records people named Carmody in the United States.

How do you pronounce Carmody?

Carmody is /ˈkɑɹmədi/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Carmody getting more or less common?

More common. 5,576 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,688 in 2010, up 2.0%.

The surname Carmody

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 5,688 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈkɑɹmədi/ 3 syllables Soundex C653

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Carmody is more common than 96.3% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cearmada (“descendant of Cearmaid”), a personal name of unknown origin.

Carmody is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,688 people named Carmody in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 54,280 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,576.

#6,041

rank among US surnames

5,688

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+2%

change since 2000 (was #5,704)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,032	Trudeau	5,697	54,194
#6,033	Leatherman	5,696	54,204
#6,034	Gartner	5,694	54,223
#6,035	Angle	5,693	54,232
#6,036	Dilley	5,692	54,242
#6,038	Benz	5,691	54,252
#6,039	Brummett	5,690	54,261

Who is named Carmody

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

95% of people named Carmody identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Carmodys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Robert Carmody
Boxer (1938–1967)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Carmadie

Carmody has the Soundex code C653, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C653.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Carmody come from?: Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cearmada (“descendant of Cearmaid”), a personal name of unknown origin.
How common is the surname Carmody?: 5,688 people in the United States had the surname Carmody in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,280 Americans. It ranked 6,041st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Carmody?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Carmody identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Carmody?: Robert Carmody, boxer (1938–1967).
Where is the surname Carmody most common?: Wikidata records people named Carmody in the United States.
How do you pronounce Carmody?: Carmody is /ˈkɑɹmədi/, 3 syllables.
What type of surname is Carmody?: Carmody is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Carmody getting more or less common?: More common. 5,576 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,688 in 2010, up 2.0%.
What are other spellings of Carmody?: Carmadie.