# Carranza (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/carranza/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 28,581 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,235 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 10,802 people |
| Change since 2000 | +48% (19,375 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Carranza, Castilianized form of Basque Karrantza, a habitational surname.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Carranza in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 4.0% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 95% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 0.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Carranza in the United States and Argentina.

## People named Carranza

- Jovita Carranza, American businesswoman
- Julián Carranza, Argentinian association football player

## Similar surnames

Carns, Carrington, Carranco, Chiarenza, Carmichael, Crenshaw, Cornejo, Carnes, Cornish, Carmack, Cronk, Cairns.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.