Explore the Family Name Cariker

The meaning of Cariker

Variant of Carriker, a surname of German origin.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Cariker in the United States?

According to the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Cariker saw a slight shift in its popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Cariker ranked 47,120th in terms of commonness, which dropped a bit to 49,461st in 2010, marking a change of -4.97. The total count of individuals carrying the surname saw a minute increase from 424 in 2000 to 425 in 2010, indicating a growth of 0.24. Consequently, the proportion of the Cariker name per 100,000 people declined by 12.5, moving from 0.16 to 0.14 over the decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#47,120	#49,461	-4.97%
Count	424	425	0.24%
Proportion per 100k	0.16	0.14	-12.5%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Cariker

The Decennial U.S. Census also provided information about the ethnic identity associated with the Cariker surname. Predominantly white in 2000, with 90.09 percent identifying as such, there was a slight decrease in this association by 2010, dropping to 84.47 percent. The period also saw an increase in those identifying as two or more races, rising from 1.89 percent to 3.76 percent, showing a significant change of nearly 99 percent. The Hispanic representation also grew from 3.07 percent to 5.18 percent. Interestingly, the American Indian and Alaskan Native population with the Cariker name rose by 26.12 percent to reach 5.65 percent in 2010. There were no recorded instances of this surname among the Asian/Pacific Islander and Black communities for either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	90.09%	84.47%	-6.24%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	4.48%	5.65%	26.12%
Hispanic	3.07%	5.18%	68.73%
Two or More Races	1.89%	3.76%	98.94%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%