# Carne (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/carne/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 560 |
| US rank (2010) | 39,281 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 551,331 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.5% (563 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Two main origins: * As a Cornish surname, from karn (“cairn”), from Proto-Brythonic *karn, from Proto-Celtic *karnos. * As a French surname, from the noun charnière (“hinge, joint”). Also, from chair (“flesh”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Carne in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Similar surnames

Crane, Carney, Carreon, Caron, Carreno, Crone, Carino, Craine, Carron, Carone, Carini, Caruana.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.