How common is the surname Carrera?

16,533 people in the United States had the surname Carrera in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,675 Americans. It ranked 2,203rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Carrera?

Carmen Carrera, American actress and reality television personality, followed by Mercedes Carrera.

Where is the surname Carrera most common?

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

Is the surname Carrera getting more or less common?

More common. 11,752 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,533 in 2010, up 41%.

The surname Carrera

A Spanish surname, carried by 16,533 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). Carrera is more common than 98.6% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Borrowed from Spanish Carrera.

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 16,533 people named Carrera in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,675 Americans. That is up 41% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,752.

#2,203

rank among US surnames

16,533

people in 2010

5.6

per 100,000 Americans

+40.7%

change since 2000 (was #2,805)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,194	Rosenthal	16,583	18,618
#2,195	Pickens	16,577	18,625
#2,196	Balderas	16,576	18,626
#2,197	Giordano	16,569	18,634
#2,198	Pappas	16,559	18,645
#2,199	Henning	16,557	18,647
#2,200	Schilling	16,546	18,660

Who is named Carrera

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

88% of people named Carrera identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 9.1% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 88%
White (not Hispanic) 9.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
Two or more races 0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Carreras

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Carmen Carrera
American actress and reality television personality, born 1985
Mercedes Carrera
American pornographic actress, born 1982
Javier Hernández Carrera
Association football player, born 1998
Kayla Carerra
American pornographic actress, born 1978

Notable Carreras come mostly from the United States (3) and Spain (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Carrera

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

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Carrera come from?: Borrowed from Spanish Carrera.
How common is the surname Carrera?: 16,533 people in the United States had the surname Carrera in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,675 Americans. It ranked 2,203rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Carrera?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Carrera identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 9.1% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Carrera?: Carmen Carrera, American actress and reality television personality, followed by Mercedes Carrera.
Where is the surname Carrera most common?: Wikidata records people named Carrera in the United States and Spain.
Is the surname Carrera getting more or less common?: More common. 11,752 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,533 in 2010, up 41%.