The Carol surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,436 people carried this name — #18,984 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 204,100 people counted. That is down 9% from 1,571 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 719 people named Carol 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 467 people named Carol.
13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 37 départements, most often Ariège.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
34 people named Carol live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Fribourg.
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.
In print
Carol in American newspapers,
1916–1917.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
Who carried it
People named Carol,
with a public archive behind them.
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Sue Carol 1906–1982 · actor -
Luis Carol 1839–1875
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W.L.L. Carol 1879–1951 · university teacher
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Sarah Lewis Carol Clapp 1893–1986 · historian
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Henri Carol 1895–1975 · fighter pilot
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Henri Carol 1910–1984 · organist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Carol.
- Carneiro 1,100 · U.S. census
- Carnevale 3,101 · U.S. census
- Carnevali 113 · U.S. census
- Carney 32,897 · U.S. census
- Carnot 134 · U.S. census
- Caro 10,064 · U.S. census
- Carole 190 · U.S. census
- Caroli 110 · U.S. census
- Carollo 2,336 · U.S. census
- Carolus 656 · U.S. census
- Caron 12,810 · U.S. census
- Carotenuto 408 · U.S. census
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