How rare is the last name Carl?

10,555 people in the United States have the last name Carl, about 1 in 28,318. It ranks #3,339 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

last name

CARL

#3,339

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,555
About
1 in 28,318
This common or more
53.8%
Who bears it

Of the 10,555 people with the last name Carl, 85.8% reported their origin as White, 3.9% as two or more races and 3.4% as Black. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Exactly as common as Carl

1 other last name also has 10,555 people.

#3,339 Daily · 10,555

Either side of Carl

#3,337 Ref · 10,563#3,338 Fultz · 10,557#3,339 Daily · 10,555#3,341 Fortner · 10,544

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Carl, most common first.

#9,010 Carlo · 3,485#10,296 Carle · 2,976#18,459 Carol · 1,482#29,580 Carli · 850#31,582 Carll · 785#38,070 Carel · 627#42,786 Caryl · 545#85,054 Cairl · 237

Also a first name

As a first name, Carl ranks #229 of 53,615, with 243,430 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1956, with 8,345 births. See Carl as a first name

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