View the most partisan surnames in The United States

Where Does The Last Name Carten Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Carten occurs most in The United States. It may occur as a variant: Cartén. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Carten? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname Carten is the 413,768^th most frequent surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 8,655,043 people. The last name Carten is mostly found in The Americas, where 66 percent of Carten are found; 65 percent are found in North America and 65 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Carten is also the 1,662,754^th most frequent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 38 people.

The surname Carten is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 431 people, or 1 in 840,972. In The United States Carten is most common in: Georgia, where 19 percent are found, Michigan, where 11 percent are found and Massachusetts, where 9 percent are found. Aside from The United States it is found in 21 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 17 percent are found and Canada, where 14 percent are found.

Carten Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The frequency of Carten has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Carten surname increased 232 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 114 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 400 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Carten Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Carten last name is chiefly Catholic (95%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Carten last name are 14.95% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 68.18% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Carten earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 11.44% more than the national average, earning $48,085 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.8% less than the national average, earning $48,790 CAD per year.