Carthen Surname

477,400th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 700 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Carthen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Carthen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6961:520,77443,486
England21:27,859,030389,889
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States351:1,434,82077,606

Carthen (19) may also be a first name.

Carthen Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Carthen Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Carthen is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Carthen? popularity and diffusion

The surname Carthen is the 477,400th most widespread family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 10,410,780 people. The last name Carthen occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 83 percent of Carthen live; 83 percent live in North America and 83 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,523,061st most frequently occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 19 people.

It is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 696 people, or 1 in 520,774. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: California, where 13 percent live, Illinois, where 9 percent live and Alabama, where 8 percent live. Aside from The United States this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 0 percent live and Japan, where 0 percent live.

Carthen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Carthen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Carthen surname rose 1,989 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 75 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Carthen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Carthen surname are 12.73% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 65.96% being registered to vote for the party.

Carthen earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 18.07% less than the national average, earning $35,350 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Carthen
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