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    The surname Carswell

    A surname, carried by 6,390 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C624

    Carswell: #5,448 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Carswell #5,448, 6,390 people Carswell: #5,448 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Carswell #5,448, 6,390 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Carswell is more common than 96.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,390 people named Carswell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 48,317 Americans. That is up 5.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,039.

    #5,448
    rank among US surnames
    6,390
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.8%
    change since 2000 (was #5,308)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,442Rawson6,39548,279
    #5,443Quirk6,39248,302
    #5,444McHale6,39148,309
    #5,448Carswell6,39048,317
    #5,449Ingersoll6,38848,332
    #5,450Hartnett6,38748,340

    Who is named Carswell

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

    54% of people named Carswell identified as white (not Hispanic), 41% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 54%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 41%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Carswell

    Carswell has the Soundex code C624, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C624.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Carswell?
    6,390 people in the United States had the surname Carswell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 48,317 Americans. It ranked 5,448th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Carswell?
    In the 2010 Census, 54% of people named Carswell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 41% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Carswell getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,039 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,390 in 2010, up 5.8%.