How common is the surname Carrier?

13,377 people in the United States had the surname Carrier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,080 Americans. It ranked 2,692nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Carrier?

Willis Carrier, American inventor (1876–1950), followed by Richard Carrier.

Where is the surname Carrier most common?

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

Is the surname Carrier getting more or less common?

Less common. 13,413 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,377 in 2010, down 0.3%.

The surname Carrier

A surname, carried by 13,377 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). Carrier is more common than 98.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 13,377 people named Carrier in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 23,080 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 13,413.

#2,692

rank among US surnames

13,377

people in 2010

4.5

per 100,000 Americans

-0.3%

change since 2000 (was #2,467)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,683	Darden	13,414	23,017
#2,684	Joy	13,413	23,018
#2,685	Tirado	13,410	23,024
#2,686	Robb	13,402	23,037
#2,687	Templeton	13,396	23,048
#2,688	Rinehart	13,392	23,054
#2,689	Goetz	13,390	23,058

Who is named Carrier

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

87% of people named Carrier identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Black (not Hispanic) 8.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Carriers

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Willis Carrier
American inventor (1876–1950)
Richard Carrier
American historian and philosopher, born 1969
Benedict XIV (Jean Carrier)
Antipope from 1430 to 1437
Alain Carrier
1924–2020
Darel Carrier
American basketball player, born 1940

Notable Carriers come mostly from the United States (3) and France (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Carrier

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

Questions

How common is the surname Carrier?: 13,377 people in the United States had the surname Carrier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,080 Americans. It ranked 2,692nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Carrier?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Carrier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Carrier?: Willis Carrier, American inventor (1876–1950), followed by Richard Carrier.
Where is the surname Carrier most common?: Wikidata records people named Carrier in the United States and France.
Is the surname Carrier getting more or less common?: Less common. 13,413 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,377 in 2010, down 0.3%.