How common is the surname Carnegie?

1,738 people in the United States had the surname Carnegie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 177,644 Americans. It ranked 16,525th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Carnegie?

Dale Carnegie, American writer and lecturer (1888-1955).

Where is the surname Carnegie most common?

Wikidata records people named Carnegie in the United States.

How do you pronounce Carnegie?

Carnegie is /ˈkɑɹnəɡi/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Carnegie getting more or less common?

More common. 1,611 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,738 in 2010, up 7.9%.

The surname Carnegie

A surname, carried by 1,738 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈkɑɹnəɡi/ 3 syllables Soundex C652

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Carnegie is more common than 89.8% of them.

Origin

Possibly from Gaelic cathair an eige, meaning "fort at the gap".

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,738 people named Carnegie in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 177,644 Americans. That is up 7.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,611.

#16,525

rank among US surnames

1,738

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+7.9%

change since 2000 (was #16,444)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,519	Kin	1,739	177,542
#16,525	Carnegie	1,738	177,644
#16,534	Cluck	1,737	177,746

Who is named Carnegie

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

47% of people named Carnegie identified as white (not Hispanic), 44% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 47%
Black (not Hispanic) 44%
Two or more races 4.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Carnegies

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Dale Carnegie
American writer and lecturer (1888-1955)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Carnegie

Carnegie 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 Carnegie come from?: Possibly from Gaelic cathair an eige, meaning "fort at the gap".
How common is the surname Carnegie?: 1,738 people in the United States had the surname Carnegie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 177,644 Americans. It ranked 16,525th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Carnegie?: In the 2010 Census, 47% of people named Carnegie identified as white (not Hispanic), and 44% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Carnegie?: Dale Carnegie, American writer and lecturer (1888-1955).
Where is the surname Carnegie most common?: Wikidata records people named Carnegie in the United States.
How do you pronounce Carnegie?: Carnegie is /ˈkɑɹnəɡi/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname Carnegie getting more or less common?: More common. 1,611 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,738 in 2010, up 7.9%.