The Caraway surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,517 people carried this name — #5,340 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 45,200 people counted. That is up 4% from 6,268 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Caraway surname

From the Middle English occupational surname, probably for a spice merchant, related to caraway.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Caraway» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Caraway in American newspapers,
1924–1930.

Newspaper page from Brownsville Herald carrying the name Caraway
Brownsville Herald 1930-04-23
Newspaper page from Brownsville Herald carrying the name Caraway
Brownsville Herald 1930-04-23
Newspaper page from The Birmingham Age-herald carrying the name Caraway
The Birmingham Age-herald 1924-10-23

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 32,494 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Caraway in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1950s.

182 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Caraway. The most, 57, date from the 1880s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 74
New South Wales 33
Queensland 31
South Australia 27
Tasmania 8
Western Australia 5

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Caraway.

Who carried it

People named Caraway,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Thaddeus H. Caraway
    Thaddeus H. Caraway 1871–1931 · lawyer
  • Hattie Caraway
    Hattie Caraway 1878–1950 · teacher
  • Paul Caraway
    Paul Caraway 1905–1985 · lawyer
  • Elbert Caraway
    Elbert Caraway 1905–1975 · baseball player
  • Pat Caraway 1905–1974 · baseball player
  • Frances Marie Fritz Caraway 1918–2009 · architect

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Caraway,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States289 records

289 records of the Caraway name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 172
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 93
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 11
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Johnnie J. Caraway

    Born 1947; from Los Angeles, California. U.S. Army, unit supply specialist; died of wounds 1969 in Binh Duong, South Vietnam. Buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Joseph C. Caraway

    Born 1922 in Louisiana. Enlisted 1942 at Shreveport; oiler from Rapides Parish. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1992, buried at Alexandria National Cemetery, Louisiana.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Mary Caraway

    Arrived at New York in 1864 aboard the Chancellor from Liverpool, aged 23; servant. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 289 records for Caraway in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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