How common is the surname Caruthers?

3,963 people in the United States had the surname Caruthers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,907 Americans. It ranked 8,353rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Caruthers?

Ed Caruthers, American high jumper.

Where is the surname Caruthers most common?

Wikidata records people named Caruthers in the United States.

Is the surname Caruthers getting more or less common?

More common. 3,840 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,963 in 2010, up 3.2%.

The surname Caruthers

A surname, carried by 3,963 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). Caruthers is more common than 94.9% of them.

Origin

Variant of Carruthers.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,963 people named Caruthers in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 77,907 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,840.

#8,353

rank among US surnames

3,963

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+3.2%

change since 2000 (was #7,985)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,345	Graybill	3,967	77,828
#8,348	Jessop	3,965	77,868
#8,350	Despain	3,964	77,887
#8,353	Ambrosio	3,963	77,907
#8,356	Hiles	3,962	77,927
#8,359	Brunk	3,961	77,946
#8,361	Mounts	3,960	77,966

Who is named Caruthers

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

66% of people named Caruthers identified as white (not Hispanic), 28% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 66%
Black (not Hispanic) 28%
Two or more races 2.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Carutherss

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ed Caruthers
American high jumper, born 1945

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Caruthers

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

Questions

Where does the surname Caruthers come from?: Variant of Carruthers.
How common is the surname Caruthers?: 3,963 people in the United States had the surname Caruthers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,907 Americans. It ranked 8,353rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Caruthers?: In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Caruthers identified as white (not Hispanic), and 28% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Caruthers?: Ed Caruthers, American high jumper.
Where is the surname Caruthers most common?: Wikidata records people named Caruthers in the United States.
Is the surname Caruthers getting more or less common?: More common. 3,840 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,963 in 2010, up 3.2%.