How common is the surname Carta?

1,028 people in the United States had the surname Carta in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 300,336 Americans. It ranked 24,370th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Carta?

In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Carta identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Carta?

Mino Carta, Brazilian journalist.

Where is the surname Carta most common?

Wikidata records people named Carta in Brazil.

Is the surname Carta getting more or less common?

More common. 994 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,028 in 2010, up 3.4%.

The surname Carta

An occupational surname, carried by 1,028 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Carta is more common than 85% of them.

Origin

An Italian metonymic occupational name for a notary or administrator from carta (“document”) or a Spanish nickname from carta (“letter”).

Carta is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,028 people named Carta in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 300,336 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 994.

#24,370

rank among US surnames

1,028

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+3.4%

change since 2000 (was #23,762)

Who is named Carta

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

80% of people named Carta identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 80%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 17%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Cartas

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mino Carta
Brazilian journalist, 1933–2025

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Carta

Carta has the Soundex code C630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C630.

Questions

Where does the surname Carta come from?: An Italian metonymic occupational name for a notary or administrator from carta (“document”) or a Spanish nickname from carta (“letter”).
How common is the surname Carta?: 1,028 people in the United States had the surname Carta in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 300,336 Americans. It ranked 24,370th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Carta?: In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Carta identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Carta?: Mino Carta, Brazilian journalist.
Where is the surname Carta most common?: Wikidata records people named Carta in Brazil.
What type of surname is Carta?: Carta is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Carta getting more or less common?: More common. 994 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,028 in 2010, up 3.4%.