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    The surname Carreiro

    A surname, carried by 3,070 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex C660

    Carreiro: #10,468 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Carreiro #10,468, 3,070 people Carreiro: #10,468 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Carreiro #10,468, 3,070 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Carreiro is more common than 93.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,070 people named Carreiro in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 100,569 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,934.

    #10,468
    rank among US surnames
    3,070
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.6%
    change since 2000 (was #10,111)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,462Stecker3,073100,470
    #10,465Janzen3,072100,503
    #10,466McAlpin3,071100,536
    #10,468Carreiro3,070100,569
    #10,471Cevallos3,069100,601
    #10,472Taulbee3,068100,634

    Who is named Carreiro

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

    91% of people named Carreiro identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.8%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Carreiros

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Fred Carreiro
      Brazilian footballer, born 1979

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Carreiro

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Carreiro?
    3,070 people in the United States had the surname Carreiro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 100,569 Americans. It ranked 10,468th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Carreiro?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Carreiro identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Carreiro?
    Fred Carreiro, Brazilian footballer.
    Where is the surname Carreiro most common?
    Wikidata records people named Carreiro in Brazil.
    Is the surname Carreiro getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,934 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,070 in 2010, up 4.6%.