# Carruthers (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/carruthers/  
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 | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,367 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,351 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 57,527 people |
| Change since 2000 | +24% (4,330 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Carithers, Caruthers |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Carruthers 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) | 66% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 28% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 2.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Carruthers in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Carruthers

- Danielle Carruthers, American hurdler
- George Robert Carruthers, American physicist (1939-2020)
- William Carruthers, British botanist (1830–1922)
- Ben Carruthers, American actor (1936-1983)
- Garrey Carruthers, American politician
- Charlene Carruthers, black queer feminist activist

## Similar surnames

Carothers, Caruthers, Carithers, Carter, Cartier, Cordero, Crowder, Cartwright, Crider, Corder, Carder, Chartier.

## 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.