How common is the surname Carruthers?

5,367 people in the United States had the surname Carruthers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,527 Americans. It ranked 6,351st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Carruthers?

Danielle Carruthers, American hurdler, followed by George Robert Carruthers.

Where is the surname Carruthers most common?

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

Is the surname Carruthers getting more or less common?

More common. 4,330 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,367 in 2010, up 24%.

The surname Carruthers

A surname, carried by 5,367 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex C636

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Carruthers is more common than 96.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,367 people named Carruthers in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 57,527 Americans. That is up 24% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,330.

#6,351

rank among US surnames

5,367

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+23.9%

change since 2000 (was #7,115)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,346	Harness	5,371	57,484
#6,349	Casiano	5,369	57,505
#6,350	Studer	5,368	57,516
#6,351	Carruthers	5,367	57,527

Who is named Carruthers

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

66% of people named Carruthers identified as white (not Hispanic), 28% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 66%
Black (not Hispanic) 28%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 2.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Carrutherss

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Danielle Carruthers
American hurdler, born 1979
George Robert Carruthers
American physicist (1939-2020)
William Carruthers
British botanist (1830–1922)
Ben Carruthers
American actor (1936-1983)
Garrey Carruthers
American politician, born 1939
Charlene Carruthers
Black queer feminist activist, born 1985

Notable Carrutherss come mostly from the United States (5) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Surnames that sound like Carruthers

Carruthers has the Soundex code C636, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C636.

Questions

How common is the surname Carruthers?: 5,367 people in the United States had the surname Carruthers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,527 Americans. It ranked 6,351st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Carruthers?: In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Carruthers identified as white (not Hispanic), and 28% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Carruthers?: Danielle Carruthers, American hurdler, followed by George Robert Carruthers.
Where is the surname Carruthers most common?: Wikidata records people named Carruthers in the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Is the surname Carruthers getting more or less common?: More common. 4,330 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,367 in 2010, up 24%.
What are other spellings of Carruthers?: Carithers and Caruthers.