# Carroll (surname)

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

A surname from Irish derived from the Irish Ó Cearbhaill.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 134,317 |
| US rank (2010) | 215 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 2,299 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.5% (131,020 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkæɹəl/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Carroll 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) | 83% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 11% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Carroll in the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Austria and Ireland.

## People named Carroll

- Lewis Carroll, British author and scholar (1832–1898)
- Diahann Carroll, American actress, singer, model and activist (1935–2019)
- Pat Carroll, American actress (1927–2022)
- Madeline Carroll, American actress (born 1996)
- Rocky Carroll, American actor
- Nancy Carroll, American actress (1903–1965)
- Charles Carroll of Carrollton, American planter and signatory of the Declaration of Independence (1737-1832)
- Jim Carroll, American author, poet, and punk musician (1949–2009)
- Sean M. Carroll, American theoretical cosmologist
- DeMarre Carroll, American basketball player (born 1986)
- Leo G. Carroll, British actor (1886–1972)
- Jaycee Carroll, Azerbaijani basketball player (born 1983)

and 44 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Carrillo, Carl, Correll, Carrell, Carley, Carillo, Carlo, Carle, Carrol, Carollo, Croll, Carol.

## 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.