The Carrara surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,170 people carried this name — #20,945 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 232,600 people counted.

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Carrara

Counted

1,170

recorded on the 2000 U.S. census · rank #20,945

20,557

newspaper pages carry the name

122

lives documented by name

0.43

per 100,000 people on the U.S. census

Where it lives

France 2,314~~#3,809 there~~

Spain 194~~#25,200 there~~

Poland 26~~#111,060 there~~

Who carried it

+118

U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 surname file · national statistical offices of France, Spain, Poland · Chronicling America, Library of Congress · Wikidata (CC0).

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 964 people named Carrara.

348 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 58 départements, most often Yvelines.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 348

Yvelines 80

Paris 66

Bouches-du-Rhône 65

Corsica 40

Ain 31

Isère 31

Doubs 26

Alpes-Maritimes 26

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

396 people named Carrara live in Switzerland.

They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

Where they live today

Ticino 171

Zurich 52

Vaud 43

Geneva 31

Aargau 18

Bern 14

Glarus 13

Schwyz 12

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In print

Carrara in American newspapers,
1832–1926.

Newspaper page from Phenix Gazette carrying the name Carrara — **Phenix Gazette** 1832-09-03

Newspaper page from Rutland Weekly Herald carrying the name Carrara — **Rutland Weekly Herald** 1872-05-09

Newspaper page from Bill Barlow'S Budget carrying the name Carrara — **Bill Barlow'S Budget** 1896-11-18

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 20,557 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Carrara,
with a public archive behind them.

Giacomo Carrara 1714–1796 · art historian
Francesco Carrara 1716–1793 · prelate
Francesco Carrara 1805–1888 · lawyer
Francesco Carrara 1812–1854 · archaeologist
Mario Carrara 1866–1937 · physician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 122 lives in all are documented under this name.

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