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The O'CARROLL surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 572 36807 0 2
United States (1880 census) 16 78849 0 0
Change since 1880 +556 +42042 +N/A +N/A
Other Countries
Australia 0 0
United Kingdom 70 25208 0 2
Top States for O'CARROLL by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 74 23104 0.000 2
New York 58 23607 0.000 3
Florida 55 22147 0.000 3
Illinois 44 22290 0.000 4
Texas 36 26849 0.000 2
Top States for O'CARROLL by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Washington DC 4 9895 0.001 7
Maine 8 12797 0.001 6
Hawaii 7 11991 0.001 6
Maryland 29 14074 0.001 5
Virginia 29 15190 0.000 4

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

Classification and Origin of O'CARROLL

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: Ireland

Language of origin: Gaelic

Ethnic origin: Celtic

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: From name of parent

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the O'CARROLL 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 O'CARROLL 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 O'CARROLL in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Caucasian) 512 89.51
Black/African American 21 3.67
Mixed Race 18 3.15
White (Hispanic) 12 2.1
Asian/Pacific Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant

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

Meaning of O'CARROLL in historical publications

O'CARROLL. This sept were established in Loutli at an early date, and popularly styled Princes of Orgiel. They are mentioned by the annalists before the date of Strongbow's invasion. D'Alton.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Similar names to O'CARROLL

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as O'CARROLL.

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 O'CARROLL

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