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    The surname Carp

    A surname, carried by 722 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex C610

    Carp: #31,960 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Carp #31,960, 722 people Carp: #31,960 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Carp #31,960, 722 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Carp is more common than 80.3% of them.

    Origin

    * As a German, Polish, and Jewish surname, spelling variant of Karp. * As an English surname, from the noun carp (“kind of fish”). * Also as an English surname, from the verb carp (“to complain”).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 722 people named Carp in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 427,625 Americans. That is down 21% since 2000, when the Census counted 914.

    #31,960
    rank among US surnames
    722
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -21%
    change since 2000 (was #25,430)

    Who is named Carp

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

    94% of people named Carp identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Carp

    Carp has the Soundex code C610, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C610.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Carp come from?
    * As a German, Polish, and Jewish surname, spelling variant of Karp. * As an English surname, from the noun carp (“kind of fish”). * Also as an English surname, from the verb carp (“to complain”).
    How common is the surname Carp?
    722 people in the United States had the surname Carp in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 427,625 Americans. It ranked 31,960th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Carp?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Carp identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Carp getting more or less common?
    Less common. 914 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 722 in 2010, down 21%.