# Carrara (surname)

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

A surname from Italian.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Italian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,487 |
| US rank (2010) | 18,550 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 207,630 people |
| Change since 2000 | +27% (1,170 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Carrara.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Carrara 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) | 83% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 16% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 0.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Carrara in Argentina.

## People named Carrara

- Gustavo Oscar Carrara, Argentine catholic archbishop

## Similar surnames

Carrera, Carrier, Carrero, Carreiro, Carriere, Carraher, Currier, Cryer, Crary.

## 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.