Carrera Surname
Approximately 209,590 people bear this surname
Carrera Surname Definition:
One who came from Carrero (road), the name of several places in Spain.
Popular surname found in nearly all parts of Spain. Name of villages near Oviedo, Ávila, Astorga, and Bilbao. Has many meanings - chariot or carriage are two common ones.
Read More About This SurnameCarrera Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 67,733 | 1:1,833 | 265 |
| Ecuador | 18,700 | 1:851 | 137 |
| Spain | 18,525 | 1:2,524 | 289 |
| Guatemala | 16,050 | 1:1,002 | 169 |
| Peru | 14,905 | 1:2,132 | 361 |
| United States | 14,733 | 1:24,602 | 3,097 |
| Venezuela | 10,248 | 1:2,947 | 456 |
| Argentina | 10,013 | 1:4,269 | 492 |
| Chile | 5,566 | 1:3,165 | 487 |
| Philippines | 5,520 | 1:18,340 | 2,189 |
| Panama | 5,132 | 1:762 | 152 |
| Italy | 5,033 | 1:12,151 | 1,923 |
| Brazil | 3,714 | 1:57,640 | 2,173 |
| Colombia | 3,013 | 1:15,856 | 1,358 |
| Cuba | 2,377 | 1:4,848 | 571 |
| Paraguay | 2,370 | 1:3,053 | 351 |
| France | 1,196 | 1:55,537 | 7,373 |
| Uruguay | 811 | 1:4,232 | 493 |
| Dominican Republic | 809 | 1:12,896 | 988 |
| Costa Rica | 543 | 1:8,803 | 480 |
| Canada | 380 | 1:96,962 | 10,547 |
| Saudi Arabia | 318 | 1:97,031 | 14,320 |
| Honduras | 212 | 1:41,587 | 1,160 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 193 | 1:7,067 | 1,061 |
| Australia | 190 | 1:142,083 | 15,253 |
| Switzerland | 157 | 1:52,312 | 6,856 |
| England | 127 | 1:438,725 | 29,288 |
| Portugal | 123 | 1:84,701 | 4,225 |
| Germany | 99 | 1:813,186 | 59,527 |
| Russia | 65 | 1:2,217,278 | 133,552 |
| El Salvador | 61 | 1:103,998 | 1,655 |
| Belgium | 57 | 1:201,696 | 26,362 |
| Puerto Rico | 54 | 1:65,743 | 1,307 |
| Senegal | 51 | 1:285,869 | 1,629 |
| Nicaragua | 46 | 1:130,893 | 2,092 |
| Guam | 37 | 1:4,328 | 556 |
| Belize | 33 | 1:10,772 | 1,358 |
| Netherlands | 30 | 1:562,906 | 50,501 |
| Andorra | 28 | 1:2,994 | 558 |
| Singapore | 26 | 1:211,835 | 10,313 |
| Scotland | 23 | 1:232,775 | 11,829 |
| Qatar | 22 | 1:107,182 | 11,536 |
| Indonesia | 21 | 1:6,297,581 | 275,398 |
| Thailand | 20 | 1:3,531,917 | 315,217 |
| Aruba | 18 | 1:5,749 | 789 |
| United Arab Emirates | 18 | 1:509,015 | 23,390 |
| South Africa | 17 | 1:3,186,924 | 115,449 |
| Taiwan | 17 | 1:1,379,103 | 9,281 |
| Sweden | 16 | 1:615,422 | 45,338 |
| Norway | 13 | 1:395,560 | 35,657 |
| Northern Ireland | 10 | 1:184,504 | 9,341 |
| Bahrain | 9 | 1:149,845 | 5,469 |
| Ireland | 6 | 1:784,823 | 16,062 |
| British Virgin Islands | 5 | 1:6,319 | 600 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Lithuania | 5 | 1:606,918 | 21,375 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:618,906 | 25,852 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 1:2,986,327 | 84,533 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 28 | 1:1,793,524 | 92,026 |
The alternate forms: Carréra (15) & Carrerá (4) are calculated separately.
Carrera (271) may also be a first name.
Carrera Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
One who came from Carrero (road), the name of several places in Spain.
Popular surname found in nearly all parts of Spain. Name of villages near Oviedo, Ávila, Astorga, and Bilbao. Has many meanings - chariot or carriage are two common ones. Also implies road, highway, or mode of life.
Family from Leon. One branch in Chile.
Carrera Demographics
Carrera Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Carrera Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Carrera Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Carrera (Arabic: كاريرا) is carried by more people in Mexico than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as: Carréra or Carrerá. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Carrera? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,656th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 34,770 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 84 percent of Carrera reside; 39 percent reside in North America and 32 percent reside in Hispano-North America. It is also the 540,009th most commonly occurring first name globally It is held by 271 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Mexico, where it is held by 67,733 people, or 1 in 1,833. In Mexico it is most common in: Puebla, where 19 percent live, Oaxaca, where 17 percent live and Veracruz, where 11 percent live. Apart from Mexico this last name occurs in 103 countries. It is also common in Ecuador, where 9 percent live and Spain, where 9 percent live.
Carrera Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Carrera has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Carrera surname grew 52,618 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 12,700 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Carrera Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Orthodox (80%) in Russia.
In The United States those holding the Carrera last name are 39.55% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 92.78% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Carrera earn in different countries varies markedly. In Italy they earn 11.12% less than the national average, earning €26,692 per year; in Norway they earn 17.69% less than the national average, earning 284,842 kr per year; in Peru they earn 8.64% more than the national average, earning S/. 21,060 per year; in South Africa they earn 34.65% less than the national average, earning R 155,292 per year; in Colombia they earn 5.17% less than the national average, earning $21,529,700 COP per year; in United States they earn 12.84% less than the national average, earning $37,610 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.55% more than the national average, earning $50,452 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Carrera Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Carrera in the Arabic language | ||
| كاريرا | karyra | - |
| كريرا | kryra | - |
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