How common is the surname Carroll?

134,317 people in the United States had the surname Carroll in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 2,299 Americans. It ranked 215th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Carroll?

Lewis Carroll, British author and scholar (1832–1898), followed by Diahann Carroll.

Where is the surname Carroll most common?

Wikidata records people named Carroll in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom and 3 other countries.

How do you pronounce Carroll?

Carroll is /ˈkæɹəl/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Carroll getting more or less common?

More common. 131,020 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 134,317 in 2010, up 2.5%.

Is Carroll also a first name?

Yes. Carroll is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Carroll

An Irish surname, carried by 134,317 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈkæɹəl/ 2 syllables Soundex C640 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Carroll is more common than 99.9% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

A surname from Irish derived from the Irish Ó Cearbhaill.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 134,317 people named Carroll in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 2,299 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 131,020.

#215

rank among US surnames

134,317

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+2.5%

change since 2000 (was #201)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#206	Santos	137,232	2,250
#207	Hart	137,184	2,251
#208	Bradley	136,720	2,258
#209	Knight	136,713	2,258
#210	Elliott	135,765	2,274
#211	Cunningham	135,718	2,275
#212	Duncan	135,187	2,284

Who is named Carroll

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

83% of people named Carroll identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Black (not Hispanic) 11%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Carrolls

56 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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, born 1963
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, born 1966
DeMarre Carroll
American basketball player (born 1986)
Leo G. Carroll
British actor (1886–1972)
Jaycee Carroll
Azerbaijani basketball player (born 1983)

Notable Carrolls come mostly from the United States (43), Australia (7) and the United Kingdom (3).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Carroll

Carroll has the Soundex code C640, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C640.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Carroll come from?: Carroll is Irish in origin.
How common is the surname Carroll?: 134,317 people in the United States had the surname Carroll in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 2,299 Americans. It ranked 215th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Carroll?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Carroll identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Carroll?: Lewis Carroll, British author and scholar (1832–1898), followed by Diahann Carroll.
Where is the surname Carroll most common?: Wikidata records people named Carroll in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom and 3 other countries.
How do you pronounce Carroll?: Carroll is /ˈkæɹəl/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Carroll getting more or less common?: More common. 131,020 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 134,317 in 2010, up 2.5%.
Is Carroll also a first name?: Yes. Carroll is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.