Surname Checker / Carson
How Common Is the Last Name Carson?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Carson today
62,970
Ranked #593 of 162,254 published surnames · 19.28 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 56,872 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
72.25%
Black
21.67%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.61%
Hispanic
2.41%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.