# Carrier (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/carrier/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 13,377 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,692 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 23,080 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.3% (13,413 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Carrier 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) | 87% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 8.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Carrier in the United States and France.

## People named Carrier

- Willis Carrier, American inventor (1876–1950)
- Richard Carrier, American historian and philosopher
- Benedict XIV (Jean Carrier), antipope from 1430 to 1437
- Alain Carrier
- Darel Carrier, American basketball player

## Similar surnames

Carrera, 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.