The Care surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 726 people carried this name — #31,790 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 400,000 people counted. That is down 6% from 776 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 455 people named Care.
23 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 44 départements, most often Aisne.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 406 people named Care live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
91 people named Care live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Thurgau.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Care,
with a public archive behind them.
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Henry Care 1646–1688 · journalist
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Isabel McLeod Croft 1911–2008
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Bassett Frederick Care 1913–2003
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Edgar Wilson Care 1937–
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Peter Care 1953– · film director
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Amanda Care 1970–
Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Care.
- Cardona 32,727 · U.S. census
- Cardone 3,022 · U.S. census
- Cardoni 297 · U.S. census
- Cardoso 11,304 · U.S. census
- Cardot 225 · U.S. census
- Carducci 624 · U.S. census
- Carel 522 · U.S. census
- Carels 100 · U.S. census
- Caretti 225 · U.S. census
- Carey 56,322 · U.S. census
- Caria 119 · U.S. census
- Carias 2,180 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Care is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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