# Carris (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/carris/  
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 | Portuguese |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 547 |
| US rank (2010) | 40,082 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 564,434 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.8% (517 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Either a variant spelling of Carras or borrowed from Portuguese Carris, a habitational surname from the plural form of carril (“thoroughfare”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Carris 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) | 89% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.2% |

## Similar surnames

Caruso, Criss, Carias, Carrozza, Caras, Caris, Carrasco, Carrico, Carrick, Carico, Chris, Cruz.

## 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.