The CARRIER surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	13,413	2467	0.005	50
United States (1880 census)	2,205	2740	0.004	44
Change since 1880	+11208	+273	+0.001	+6
Other Countries
Australia	161	9212	0.001	10
United Kingdom	855	5959	0.002	19

Top States for CARRIER by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Louisiana	1,075	598	0.024	241
Michigan	1,074	969	0.011	108
Florida	885	2309	0.006	55
Texas	800	2888	0.004	38
California	672	4362	0.002	20
Top States for CARRIER by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
New Hampshire	470	354	0.038	380
Maine	439	553	0.034	344
Delaware	264	457	0.034	337
Vermont	167	566	0.027	274
Louisiana	1,075	598	0.024	241

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called CARRIER live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called CARRIER represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called CARRIER in Louisiana than any other state, but you are more likely to find a CARRIER by picking someone at random in New Hampshire than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of CARRIER

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Occupational Name

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the CARRIER surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the CARRIER surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of CARRIER in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
Mixed Race	174	1.3
White (Hispanic)	174	1.3
Native American/Alaskan	105	0.78
Asian/Pacific	55	0.41
White (Caucasian)	11,865	88.46
Black/African American	1,038	7.74

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the CARRIER surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Similar names to CARRIER

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as CARRIER.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.