The Carrico surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,673 people carried this name — #6,050 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 52,100 people counted. That is up 3% from 5,524 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Carrico surname
From the Portuguese habitational surname, from carriço (“reed, sedge”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Carrico» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
76 people named Carrico live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 26 people named Carrico.
Most of them — 16 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Rhône.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Carrico in American newspapers,
1915–1937.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 14,962 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Carrico,
with a public archive behind them.
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Harry L. Carrico 1916–2013 · judge -
John L. Carrico 1918–1979 · university teacher
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Jim Carrico 1935–2002 · physician
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 18 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Carrico,
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 States321 records
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 206
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 90
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 12
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 7
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
- Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Thomas G. CarricoBorn 1897 in Missouri. Enlisted 1942 at Jefferson Barracks; yardman from St Louis County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1972, buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. war memorial War record Clyde Robert CarricoBorn 1948; from Orofino, Idaho. U.S. Army, indirect fire infantryman; died in an accident 1969 in Binh Long, South Vietnam.
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Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Giuseppe CarricoArrived at New York in 1894 aboard the Scotia from Naples, aged 40; barber. From Barsa, Belluno, Italy; bound for New York.
U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
Showing 3 of 321 records for Carrico in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).
France8 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Robert Gabriel CarricoBorn 1940 in Lyon (Rhône); died 1999 in Nyer (Pyrénées-Orientales).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Cendrina CarricoBorn 1975 in Toulouse; died 1998 in Muret (Haute-Garonne).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Alvaro Augusto CarricoBorn 1909 in Portugal; died 1989 in Lyon (Rhône).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 3 of 8 records for Carrico in France.
Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Carrico.
- Carreras 2,639 · 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
- Carrier 13,377 · U.S. census
- Carriere 2,988 · U.S. census
- Carrigan 6,290 · U.S. census
- Carrillo 91,129 · U.S. census
- Carrin 132 · U.S. census
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