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The CARRERA surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 11,752 2805 0.004 44
United States (1880 census) 28 65355 0 1
Change since 1880 +11724 +62550 +N/A +43
Other Countries
Australia 35 33422 0 2
United Kingdom 0 0
Top States for CARRERA by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 3,094 1314 0.009 91
Texas 1,828 1663 0.009 88
Illinois 1,309 1177 0.011 105
Florida 1,039 2445 0.007 65
New York 658 3641 0.003 35
Top States for CARRERA by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Illinois 1,309 1177 0.011 105
Nevada 195 1483 0.010 98
California 3,094 1314 0.009 91
Texas 1,828 1663 0.009 88
Arizona 438 1739 0.009 85

Notes

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

Classification and Origin of CARRERA

Region of origin: Europe

Country of origin: Spain

Language of origin: Spanish

Ethnic origin: Iberian

Religious origin: Christian

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the CARRERA 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 CARRERA 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 CARRERA in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Asian/Pacific 156 1.33
Mixed Race 90 0.77
Black/African American 75 0.64
Native American/Alaskan 16 0.14
White (Hispanic) 10,067 85.66
White (Caucasian) 1,348 11.47

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

Meaning of CARRERA in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of CARRERA.

Similar names to CARRERA

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as CARRERA.

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.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for CARRERA

The following words are slight variants of CARRERA that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.