The Carrier surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 13,377 people carried this name — #2,692 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 22,100 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (13,413).
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,846 people named Carrier.
57 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 83 départements, most often Haute-Savoie.
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
80 people named Carrier live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 22 people named Carrier live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Namur.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Carrier in American newspapers,
1887–1917.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,533,923 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Carrier,
with a public archive behind them.
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Richard Carrier 1674–1749 -
Jean-Baptiste Carrier 1756–1794 · politician -
Louis Carrier 1816–1874 · politician -
Benedict XIV (Jean Carrier) 1370–1437 · religious person
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Benedict XIV (Jean Carrier) 1380–1437 · religious person
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Richard Carrier 1582–1643
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Carrier.
- 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
- Carriere 2,988 · U.S. census
- Carrillo 91,129 · U.S. census
- Carrin 132 · U.S. census
- Carrio 468 · U.S. census
- Carrion 10,316 · U.S. census
- Carro 922 · U.S. census
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