Popularity of the last name by country

United States

• California (16,073)
• Virginia (14,397)
• New York (13,042)
• Massachusetts (11,443)
• Rhode Island (9,686)
• Illinois (8,561)
• Maryland (7,641)
• Pennsylvania (7,356)
• Missouri (7,071)
• North Carolina (6,949)
• Ohio (6,448)
• Michigan (5,056)
• Indiana (4,974)
• Tennessee (4,344)
• Colorado (4,207)
• Kentucky (3,911)
• New Hampshire (3,262)
• Texas (3,119)
• West Virginia (2,972)
• Iowa (2,851)
• New Jersey (2,706)
• Maine (2,309)
• Kansas (2,097)
• Mississippi (1,860)
• Oklahoma (1,801)
• Georgia (1,747)
• Vermont (1,739)
• Washington (1,579)
• Alabama (1,519)
• Connecticut (1,425)
• South Carolina (1,345)
• Nebraska (1,133)
• Utah (1,125)
• Arkansas (1,113)
• Minnesota (1,109)
• Wisconsin (978)
• Florida (876)
• Louisiana (737)
• North Dakota (660)
• Arizona (643)
• Montana (572)
• Oregon (559)
• South Dakota (481)
• Delaware (459)
• Idaho (424)
• New Mexico (291)
• Wyoming (286)
• Nevada (178)
• Hawaii (99)
• Alaska (22)

All countries

• United Kingdom (237,792)
• United States (166,035)
• Ireland (30,894)
• Australia (11,872)
• New Zealand (8,752)
• France (5,751)
• Canada (5,339)
• Unknown country (3,487)
• Germany (662)
• Netherlands (463)
• Switzerland (395)
• Italy (361)
• Belgium (358)
• Spain (307)
• India (293)
• Paraguay (223)
• Mexico (218)
• Sweden (174)
• Greece (136)
• Colombia (130)
• South Africa (128)
• Russian Federation (126)
• Jamaica (116)
• Algeria (101)
• Norway (95)
• Austria (91)
• Denmark (71)
• China (68)
• Cuba (65)
• Argentina (64)
• Brazil (63)
• Poland (63)
• Portugal (58)
• Egypt (53)
• Turkey (52)
• Liberia (51)
• Peru (51)
• Indonesia (45)
• Malta (35)
• Finland (33)

Origine of last name

CARR : 1: Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Ó Carra ‘descendant of Carra’ a personal name from the adjective corr ‘pointed’ explained as meaning ‘spear’. As an Ulster surname Carr was often confused with Scottish <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Kerr">Kerr</a>.2: Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Mac Giolla Chathair a Donegal name meaning ‘son of Giolla Cathair’ or ‘the servant (i.e. devotee) of Saint Cathar’. Cathar was a priest and bishop otherwise unknown.3: Irish: in Galway a shortened Anglicized form of Mac Giolla Chéire see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Keary">Keary</a>.4: English (northern) and Scottish: variant of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Kerr">Kerr</a>.