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    The surname Carty

    A surname, carried by 6,332 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C630

    Carty: #5,497 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Carty #5,497, 6,332 people Carty: #5,497 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Carty #5,497, 6,332 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Carty 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 6,332 people named Carty in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 48,760 Americans. That is up 9.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,799.

    #5,497
    rank among US surnames
    6,332
    people in 2010
    2.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.2%
    change since 2000 (was #5,507)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,492Hoagland6,33548,736
    #5,493Wimmer6,33448,744
    #5,494Buehler6,33348,752
    #5,497Carty6,33248,760
    #5,498Pfaff6,33148,767

    Who is named Carty

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

    72% of people named Carty identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 5.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 72%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 20%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.0%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Cartys

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • John Joseph Carty
      (1861-1932) American electrical engineer
    • Todd Carty
      British actor, born 1963

    Notable Cartys come mostly from the United States (1) and Ireland (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Carty

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Carty?
    6,332 people in the United States had the surname Carty in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 48,760 Americans. It ranked 5,497th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Carty?
    In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Carty identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Carty?
    John Joseph Carty, (1861-1932) American electrical engineer, followed by Todd Carty.
    Where is the surname Carty most common?
    Wikidata records people named Carty in the United States and Ireland.
    Is the surname Carty getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,799 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,332 in 2010, up 9.2%.