# Carrera (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/carrera/  
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 Spanish

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 16,533 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,203 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 18,675 people |
| Change since 2000 | +41% (11,752 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Carrera.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Carrera 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) | 9.1% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 88% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 0.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Carrera in the United States and Spain.

## People named Carrera

- Carmen Carrera, American actress and reality television personality
- Mercedes Carrera, American pornographic actress
- Javier Hernández Carrera, association football player
- Kayla Carerra, American pornographic actress

## Similar surnames

Carrier, Currier, Carrero, Carreiro, Carriere, Carrara, Carraher, 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.