The Carreras surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,639 people carried this name — #11,865 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 112,400 people counted. That is up 29% from 2,039 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 8,373 people named Carreras 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 413 people named Carreras.
166 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 37 départements, most often Pyrénées-Orientales.
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
60 people named Carreras live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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
Carreras in American newspapers,
1896–1930.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 49,713 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Carreras,
with a public archive behind them.
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Rodolfo Carreras d. 2000 · association football player -
Josep Carreras d'Argerich 1790–1863
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Manuel Carreras Amérigo 1792–1855 · politician
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Francisco Carreras 1815–
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José Carreras 1820–1902 · military personnel
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Mariano Carreras y González 1827–1885 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Carreras.
- Carree 147 · U.S. census
- Carreira 810 · U.S. census
- Carrel 985 · U.S. census
- Carreno 7,146 · U.S. census
- Carrer 114 · U.S. census
- Carrera 16,533 · U.S. census
- Carrere 388 · U.S. census
- Carretero 909 · U.S. census
- Carretta 399 · U.S. census
- Carrette 104 · U.S. census
- Carrey 192 · U.S. census
- Carrie 797 · U.S. census
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