How common is the surname Carrell?

5,067 people in the United States had the surname Carrell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 60,933 Americans. It ranked 6,669th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Carrell?

Johnny Carroll, American musician (1937–1995).

Where is the surname Carrell most common?

Wikidata records people named Carrell in the United States.

How do you pronounce Carrell?

Carrell is /kəˈɹɛl/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Carrell getting more or less common?

More common. 4,816 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,067 in 2010, up 5.2%.

The surname Carrell

A surname, carried by 5,067 people in the United States.

Pronounced /kəˈɹɛl/ 2 syllables Soundex C640

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Carrell is more common than 95.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,067 people named Carrell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 60,933 Americans. That is up 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,816.

#6,669

rank among US surnames

5,067

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+5.2%

change since 2000 (was #6,501)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,662	Dore	5,075	60,837
#6,663	Vanbuskirk	5,073	60,861
#6,664	Maloy	5,068	60,921
#6,669	Townes	5,067	60,933
#6,671	Yen	5,066	60,945
#6,672	Toner	5,065	60,957

Who is named Carrell

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

88% of people named Carrell identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 2.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Carrells

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Johnny Carroll
American musician (1937–1995)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Carrell

Carrell has the Soundex code C640, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C640.

Questions

How common is the surname Carrell?: 5,067 people in the United States had the surname Carrell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 60,933 Americans. It ranked 6,669th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Carrell?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Carrell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Carrell?: Johnny Carroll, American musician (1937–1995).
Where is the surname Carrell most common?: Wikidata records people named Carrell in the United States.
How do you pronounce Carrell?: Carrell is /kəˈɹɛl/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Carrell getting more or less common?: More common. 4,816 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,067 in 2010, up 5.2%.