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    The surname Carris

    A Portuguese place surname, carried by 547 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C620

    Carris: #40,082 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Carris #40,082, 547 people Carris: #40,082 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Carris #40,082, 547 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Carris is more common than 75.3% of them.

    Origin

    Portuguese origin

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

    Carris is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 71 Portuguese surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 547 people named Carris in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 564,434 Americans. That is up 5.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 517.

    #40,082
    rank among US surnames
    547
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.8%
    change since 2000 (was #39,946)

    Who is named Carris

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

    89% of people named Carris identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Carris

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

    Other Portuguese surnames

    All 71 Portuguese surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Carris come from?
    Either a variant spelling of Carras or borrowed from Portuguese Carris, a habitational surname from the plural form of carril (“thoroughfare”).
    How common is the surname Carris?
    547 people in the United States had the surname Carris in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 564,434 Americans. It ranked 40,082nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Carris?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Carris identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Carris?
    Carris is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Carris getting more or less common?
    More common. 517 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 547 in 2010, up 5.8%.