The Carraway surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,103 people carried this name — #8,080 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 71,900 people counted. That is up 4% from 3,937 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

35 families named Carraway, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 179 people lived in those households, 5.1 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 4 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

North Carolina 29
Virginia 3
Massachusetts 1
New York 1
Maryland 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 233 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Carraway in American newspapers,
1899–1930.

Newspaper page from The Weekly Times-record carrying the name Carraway
The Weekly Times-record 1922-08-10
Newspaper page from The Indianapolis Times carrying the name Carraway
The Indianapolis Times 1930-12-23
Newspaper page from Kansas Agitator carrying the name Carraway
Kansas Agitator 1899-06-09

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 10,398 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Carraway in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1950s.

560 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Carraway. The most, 175, date from the 1910s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 3.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 354
New South Wales 73
Victoria 52
South Australia 32
Western Australia 24
Tasmania 21
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named Carraway,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Wilson Carraway
    Wilson Carraway 1904–1972 · politician
  • Arthur Carraway 1927–1994 · painter

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Carraway,
in the records of 2 countries.

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 States169 records

169 records of the Carraway name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 116
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 43
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 2
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Frank H. Carraway

    Born 1918 in South Carolina. Enlisted 1941 at Kingstree; auto plant worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1996, buried at McElveen Cemetery, Moncks Corner, South Carolina.

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

    Arrived at New York in 1882 aboard the Pavonia from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 26; servant. From England.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Walter E. Carraway

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1938, died 1998; buried at Biloxi National Cemetery, Mississippi.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 169 records for Carraway in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia20 records

20 records of the Carraway name in Australia
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 13
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 5
  • Tasmanian Names Index 2
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Ann Carraway

    Sailed from Victoria in 1852 aboard the Amicus, bound for Adelaide, aged 39.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Edith Ethel Carraway

    Married 1895 in Hobart, Tasmania, aged 25.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Mary Jane Carraway

    Teacher in Queensland in 1886.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 20 records for Carraway in Australia.

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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