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    The surname Carolus

    A Latin surname, carried by 656 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex C642

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Carolus is more common than 78.7% of them.

    Origin

    Latin origin

    From Latin Carolus, Latinized form of the personal name Charles. This surname is mostly found in South Africa.

    One of 91 Latin surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 656 people named Carolus in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 470,649 Americans. That is up 5.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 621.

    #34,495
    rank among US surnames
    656
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.6%
    change since 2000 (was #34,503)

    Who is named Carolus

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

    93% of people named Carolus identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Carolus

    Carolus has the Soundex code C642, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C642.

    Other Latin surnames

    All 91 Latin surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Carolus come from?
    From Latin Carolus, Latinized form of the personal name Charles. This surname is mostly found in South Africa.
    How common is the surname Carolus?
    656 people in the United States had the surname Carolus in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 470,649 Americans. It ranked 34,495th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Carolus?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Carolus identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Carolus getting more or less common?
    More common. 621 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 656 in 2010, up 5.6%.