How common is the surname Carn?

1,165 people in the United States had the surname Carn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 265,018 Americans. It ranked 22,173rd of 162,253 surnames.

Where is the surname Carn most common?

Wikidata records people named Carn in the United States.

Is the surname Carn getting more or less common?

More common. 1,030 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,165 in 2010, up 13%.

The surname Carn

A surname, carried by 1,165 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex C650

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Carn is more common than 86.3% of them.

Origin

* As an Irish surname, reduced from McCarn. * As a Cornish surname, variant of Carne. * As a Dutch, German and Jewish surname, variant of Kern.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,165 people named Carn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 265,018 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,030.

#22,173

rank among US surnames

1,165

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+13.1%

change since 2000 (was #23,143)

Who is named Carn

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

56% of people named Carn identified as white (not Hispanic), 36% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 56%
Black (not Hispanic) 36%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.3%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Carns

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jean Carn
American singer, born 1947

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Carn

Carn has the Soundex code C650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C650.

Questions

Where does the surname Carn come from?: * As an Irish surname, reduced from McCarn. * As a Cornish surname, variant of Carne. * As a Dutch, German and Jewish surname, variant of Kern.
How common is the surname Carn?: 1,165 people in the United States had the surname Carn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 265,018 Americans. It ranked 22,173rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Carn?: In the 2010 Census, 56% of people named Carn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 36% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Carn?: Jean Carn, American singer.
Where is the surname Carn most common?: Wikidata records people named Carn in the United States.
Is the surname Carn getting more or less common?: More common. 1,030 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,165 in 2010, up 13%.