The Karr surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,324 people carried this name — #3,460 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 28,600 people counted. That is up 7% from 9,635 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 80 people named Karr.
5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Moselle.
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 the Nordic population registers
60 people named Karr are counted in Finland and Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Karr in American newspapers,
1911–1913.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 78,494 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Karr,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr 1808–1890 · writer -
Carme Karr Alfonsetti 1865–1943 · writer -
Darwin Karr 1875–1945 · actor -
Benn Karr 1893–1968 · baseball player -
Hilliard Karr 1899–1945 · film actor -
Hans Karr d. 1710
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Karr.
- Karmann 285 · U.S. census
- Karolak 173 · U.S. census
- Karolczak 114 · U.S. census
- Karolewicz 142 · U.S. census
- Karp 5,577 · U.S. census
- Karpinski 2,731 · U.S. census
- Karrer 605 · U.S. census
- Karst 1,958 · U.S. census
- Kasbarian 173 · U.S. census
- Kaspar 1,954 · U.S. census
- Kasparian 790 · U.S. census
- Kasper 10,064 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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