Explore the Family Name Karrick

The meaning of Karrick

1. Scottish: variant of Carrick 1. 2. Possibly also a shortened and altered form of Irish McCarrick. Compare Carrick 2. 3. Americanized form of German Karrich: metonymic occupational name for a carter or cartwright, from Middle High German karrech ‘cart’, from Latin carruca. The surname Karrick is very rare in Germany.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Karrick saw a slight decrease in popularity from 2000 to 2010. The rank of the name fell from 31,924 to 33,894, marking a 6.17% drop. Similarly, the count of people with this surname also dropped by 1.76%, going from 683 in 2000 to 671 in 2010. As a result, the proportion of people named Karrick per 100,000 decreased by 8.0%, moving from 0.25 to 0.23.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#31,924	#33,894	-6.17%
Count	683	671	-1.76%
Proportion per 100k	0.25	0.23	-8%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Karrick

The Decennial U.S. Census data shows the ethnic identity associated with the surname Karrick largely remained constant between 2000 and 2010. Most bearers of the surname identified as White, with the proportion slightly increasing by 0.24% to 96.72% in 2010. Meanwhile, the proportion of those identifying as Hispanic saw a modest rise of 1.71%, reaching 1.19% in 2010. The census data also revealed a significant increase in the number of individuals with the Karrick surname identifying with two or more races, which jumped by 83.56% to 1.34%. However, the percentage of those identifying as Black fell to zero in 2010, while the proportions for Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian and Alaskan Native remained unchanged.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.49%	96.72%	0.24%
Two or More Races	0.73%	1.34%	83.56%
Hispanic	1.17%	1.19%	1.71%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	1.32%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%