How common is the surname Carrara?

1,487 people in the United States had the surname Carrara in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 207,630 Americans. It ranked 18,550th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Carrara?

In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Carrara identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Carrara?

Gustavo Oscar Carrara, Argentine catholic archbishop.

Where is the surname Carrara most common?

Wikidata records people named Carrara in Argentina.

Is the surname Carrara getting more or less common?

More common. 1,170 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,487 in 2010, up 27%.

The surname Carrara

An Italian surname, carried by 1,487 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex C660

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Carrara is more common than 88.6% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Carrara.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,487 people named Carrara in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 207,630 Americans. That is up 27% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,170.

#18,550

rank among US surnames

1,487

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+27.1%

change since 2000 (was #20,945)

Who is named Carrara

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

83% of people named Carrara identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 16%
Two or more races 0.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Carraras

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Gustavo Oscar Carrara
Argentine catholic archbishop, born 1973

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Carrara

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

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Carrara come from?: Borrowed from Italian Carrara.
How common is the surname Carrara?: 1,487 people in the United States had the surname Carrara in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 207,630 Americans. It ranked 18,550th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Carrara?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Carrara identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Carrara?: Gustavo Oscar Carrara, Argentine catholic archbishop.
Where is the surname Carrara most common?: Wikidata records people named Carrara in Argentina.
Is the surname Carrara getting more or less common?: More common. 1,170 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,487 in 2010, up 27%.