How common is the surname Carothers?

5,480 people in the United States had the surname Carothers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,340 Americans. It ranked 6,238th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Carothers?

Wallace Carothers, American organic chemist (1896–1937), followed by Eleanor Carothers.

Where is the surname Carothers most common?

Wikidata records people named Carothers in the United States.

Is the surname Carothers getting more or less common?

More common. 5,150 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,480 in 2010, up 6.4%.

The surname Carothers

A surname, carried by 5,480 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex C636

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Carothers is more common than 96.2% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,480 people named Carothers in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 56,340 Americans. That is up 6.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,150.

#6,238

rank among US surnames

5,480

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+6.4%

change since 2000 (was #6,131)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,230	Harker	5,485	56,289
#6,232	Rickert	5,483	56,310
#6,235	Deming	5,482	56,320
#6,238	Carothers	5,480	56,340
#6,239	Chartier	5,479	56,351
#6,240	Ruano	5,478	56,361

Who is named Carothers

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

76% of people named Carothers identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 76%
Black (not Hispanic) 19%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Carotherss

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Wallace Carothers
American organic chemist (1896–1937)
Eleanor Carothers
American zoologist, geneticist, and cytologist, 1882–1957

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Carothers

Carothers has the Soundex code C636, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C636.

Questions

How common is the surname Carothers?: 5,480 people in the United States had the surname Carothers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,340 Americans. It ranked 6,238th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Carothers?: In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Carothers identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Carothers?: Wallace Carothers, American organic chemist (1896–1937), followed by Eleanor Carothers.
Where is the surname Carothers most common?: Wikidata records people named Carothers in the United States.
Is the surname Carothers getting more or less common?: More common. 5,150 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,480 in 2010, up 6.4%.