How common is the surname Carrick?

3,935 people in the United States had the surname Carrick in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,461 Americans. It ranked 8,405th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Carrick?

Connor Carrick, American ice hockey player.

Where is the surname Carrick most common?

Wikidata records people named Carrick in the United States.

Is the surname Carrick getting more or less common?

More common. 3,865 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,935 in 2010, up 1.8%.

The surname Carrick

An Irish surname, carried by 3,935 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Carrick is more common than 94.8% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Anglicised version of Irish carraig, Scottish Gaelic carraig or Cornish karrek, all meaning rock. Doublet of Craig.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,935 people named Carrick in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 78,461 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,865.

#8,405

rank among US surnames

3,935

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+1.8%

change since 2000 (was #7,937)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,401	Lavery	3,938	78,402
#8,402	Hermanson	3,937	78,422
#8,404	Alvis	3,936	78,441
#8,405	Carrick	3,935	78,461
#8,407	Heron	3,934	78,481
#8,408	Winton	3,930	78,561

Who is named Carrick

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

90% of people named Carrick identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.1%
Two or more races 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Carricks

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Connor Carrick
American ice hockey player, born 1994

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Karrick

Surnames that sound like Carrick

Carrick has the Soundex code C620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C620.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Carrick come from?: Anglicised version of Irish carraig, Scottish Gaelic carraig or Cornish karrek, all meaning rock. Doublet of Craig.
How common is the surname Carrick?: 3,935 people in the United States had the surname Carrick in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,461 Americans. It ranked 8,405th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Carrick?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Carrick identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Carrick?: Connor Carrick, American ice hockey player.
Where is the surname Carrick most common?: Wikidata records people named Carrick in the United States.
Is the surname Carrick getting more or less common?: More common. 3,865 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,935 in 2010, up 1.8%.
What are other spellings of Carrick?: Karrick.