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    The surname Carraher

    An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 827 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex C660

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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). Carraher is more common than 82.3% of them.

    Origin

    Irish origin

    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Fhearchair (“son of Fearchar”), a personal name composed of the elements fear (“man”) + car (“dear, beloved”).

    Carraher is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 827 people named Carraher in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 373,332 Americans. That is up 7.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 773.

    #28,777
    rank among US surnames
    827
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7%
    change since 2000 (was #28,947)

    Who is named Carraher

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

    96% of people named Carraher identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Caraher
    • Caraker
    • Carragher
    • Carreker
    • Carriger
    • Carriker
    • Corriher
    • Karriker

    Surnames that sound like Carraher

    Carraher has the Soundex code C660, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C660.

    Other Irish surnames

    All 880 Irish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Carraher come from?
    Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Fhearchair (“son of Fearchar”), a personal name composed of the elements fear (“man”) + car (“dear, beloved”).
    How common is the surname Carraher?
    827 people in the United States had the surname Carraher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 373,332 Americans. It ranked 28,777th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Carraher?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Carraher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Carraher?
    Carraher is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Carraher getting more or less common?
    More common. 773 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 827 in 2010, up 7.0%.
    What are other spellings of Carraher?
    Caraher, Caraker, Carragher, Carreker, Carriger and Carriker.