Carr is used as a family name or surname in Scotland, Ireland. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Carr
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Scotland, Ireland
Meaning:

Carr is the form of Keer. See Keir - A parish in Dumfriesshire.

Carr is a variation of Karr. The same as Carr - Collins remarks that "the Cars or Kers are undoubtedly a very ancient people in this island, but it is uncertain whether they be of French or English extraction. Those who contend for the former, allege that the baron Ker and other families of his name now existing in France, trace their origin higher than the time of William, duke of Normandy, who, being attended by a considerable commander of their name in 1066, rewarded him for his bravery and conduct with divers possessions in the north of England. The Cars of England and France have the same armorial bearings, viz., Gules, on a cheveron Argent, 3 mullets of the First. Others are of opinion that the surname is local, and was at first assumed by the owners of the lands and baronies of Car and Carshall in Lancashire." The Scottish Kers bear their arms of different tinctures from those of England and France; and Collins adds, that some are of opinion that they are "Aborigines, and endeavour to support their conjecture by affirming the surname to be Gaelic or Celtic." They were numerous and flourishing temp. Alexander III. A.D. 1249. It is highly probable that this monosyllabic name may be traced to several local sources. A car in various dialects signifies "a wood or grove on a moist soil, generally of alders. Any hollow place or marsh is also called a car. In Anglo-Saxon, on the contrary, it means a lock. Again in Lincolnshire it signifies a gutter. Halliwell. Once more, the Celtic caer means a fortification, and carr' is applied in various districts to a place where some castle or earthwork has existed.

Collins remarks that "the Cars or Kers are undoubtedly a very ancient people in this island, but it is uncertain whether they be of French or English extraction. Those who contend for the former, allege that the baron Ker and other families of his name now existing in France, trace their origin higher than the time of William, duke of Normandy, who, being attended by a considerable commander of their name in 1066, rewarded him for his bravery and conduct with divers possessions in the north of England. The Cars of England and France have the same armorial bearings, viz., Gules, on a cheveron Argent, 3 mullets of the First. Others are of opinion that the surname is local, and was at first assumed by the owners of the lands and baronies of Car and Carshall in Lancashire." The Scottish Kers bear their arms of different tinctures from those of England and France; and Collins adds, that some are of opinion that they are "Aborigines, and endeavour to support their conjecture by affirming the surname to be Gaelic or Celtic." They were numerous and flourishing temp. Alexander III. A.D. 1249. It is highly probable that this monosyllabic name may be traced to several local sources. A car in various dialects signifies "a wood or grove on a moist soil, generally of alders. Any hollow place or marsh is also called a car. In Anglo-Saxon, on the contrary, it means a lock. Again in Lincolnshire it signifies a gutter. Halliwell. Once more, the Celtic caer means a fortification, and carr' is applied in various districts to a place where some castle or earthwork has existed.

Surname is variant form of Cares. Probably the same as Carr or Kerr.

The surname Carr is a variant of Car. The initial syllable of many local names, which have become surnames, especially in Scotland and Cornwall. It is a Celtic word signifying an artificial military strength, whether fort or castle.

Variant of the Kerr. Similar to Carr.

Dweller at, or near, a rock or marsh, or an enclosed place; grandson of Carra that means spear.

The lastname is the variant of Karr. Grandson of Carra meaning "spear".

Carr is the variation of Kerr. Dweller at, or near, a marsh, especially one grown up with low bushes; dweller near a fort.

Rock, hollow place or marsh, wood or grove. Car or ker, stout.

A variation of Car. See Caer - The initial syllable of many local names, which have become surnames, especially in Scotland and Cornwall. It is a Celtic word signifying an artificial military strength, whether fort or castle.

Lastname is a variation of the Curr. Doubtless a mis-spelling of Ker.

The surname is a variant of the Kerr. See Carr - Collins remarks that "the Cars or Kers are undoubtedly a very ancient people in this island, but it is uncertain whether they be of French or English extraction. Those who contend for the former, allege that the baron Ker and other families of his name now existing in France, trace their origin higher than the time of William, duke of Normandy, who, being attended by a considerable commander of their name in 1066, rewarded him for his bravery and conduct with divers possessions in the north of England. The Cars of England and France have the same armorial bearings, viz., Gules, on a cheveron Argent, 3 mullets of the First. Others are of opinion that the surname is local, and was at first assumed by the owners of the lands and baronies of Car and Carshall in Lancashire." The Scottish Kers bear their arms of different tinctures from those of England and France; and Collins adds, that some are of opinion that they are "Aborigines, and endeavour to support their conjecture by affirming the surname to be Gaelic or Celtic." They were numerous and flourishing temp. Alexander III. A.D. 1249. It is highly probable that this monosyllabic name may be traced to several local sources. A car in various dialects signifies "a wood or grove on a moist soil, generally of alders. Any hollow place or marsh is also called a car. In Anglo-Saxon, on the contrary, it means a lock. Again in Lincolnshire it signifies a gutter. Halliwell. Once more, the Celtic caer means a fortification, and carr' is applied in various districts to a place where some castle or earthwork has existed.

How popular is Carr?

Carr is common in United States, England, Australia, Canada, Sierra Leone, Ireland, Scotland, New Zealand, South Africa, Jamaica, Liberia, Wales, France, Northern Ireland, Philippines, Thailand, Antigua and Barbuda, Trinidad and Tobago, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Germany, Belize, Brazil, Morocco, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Panama.

Carr is ranked 2184 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Carr bearers increased by 4.55 per cent in 2010 US census to 119076 since 2000, the surname slipped by 16 spots and ranked at 255. The last name was found in around 4 per ten thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 73.61 75.79
Black 20.82 20.07
Hispanic or Latino 2.41 1.63
Others 2.08 1.6
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.59 0.56
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.49 0.36
Carr is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however Antigua and Barbuda is ahead in terms of density. Around 251141 person has been found who wears Carr as their family name. Carr is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with hundred thousands of Carr:
230 United States157,300
Countries with ten thousands of Carr:
147 England39,481
227 Australia14,912
437 Canada10,799
Countries with thousands of Carr:
276 Sierra Leone4,671
220 Ireland4,276
296 Scotland3,274
226 New Zealand2,554
2,831 South Africa2,422
273 Jamaica1,766
343 Liberia1,679
311 Wales1,094
8,379 France1,078
371 Northern Ireland1,039
Countries with hundreds of Carr:
37,527 Philippines403
30,871 Thailand376
56 Antigua and Barbuda269
867 Trinidad and Tobago250
17,726 Saudi Arabia239
13,654 Spain235
36,539 Germany205
511 Belize152
48,391 Brazil149
42,794 Morocco136
187 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines130
1,780 Panama128
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
33,533 Argentina96
23,784 Japan90
8,270 Norway89
198 United States Virgin Islands88
1,256 Costa Rica82
29,188 Netherlands78
63,344 Italy77
1,534 Guyana74
17,696 Mexico70
212,115 India66
6,481 Dominican Republic62
3,674 Singapore60
11,407 Sweden60
205 Guernsey59
26,032 Belgium58
277 Jersey56
3,496 Taiwan51
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
8,706 Portugal47
15,901 Switzerland47
640 Malta42
10,676 Kuwait39
440 Isle of Man38
2,273 Nicaragua38
14,584 Denmark33
24,632 Israel31
41,116 Zimbabwe31
11,486 Ghana26
3,238 China23
61,288 Greece23
15,343 Botswana22
174,166 Nigeria22
59,312 Malaysia21
23,187 United Arab Emirates20
12,771 Estonia19
60,070 Czechia17
3,260 Hong Kong17
19,343 Iraq16
690 Bermuda15
322,587 Russia15
468 Saint Kitts and Nevis15
24,362 Venezuela15
6,140 Cuba14
636 Cayman Islands13
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
4,379 Honduras10
5,193 Oman10
5,469 Bahrain9
34,002 Finland9
21,487 Afghanistan8
3,029 Guam8
488,268 Indonesia8
652 Northern Mariana Islands8
1,091 South Korea8
35,997 Chile6
708 Cook Islands6
1,003 Grenada6
24,029 Malawi6
156,558 Poland6
55,922 Qatar6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Immigrant Bessy Carr from Ireland aboard the Ottowa from Liverpool during the Irish famine. She is registered to be 30 years old when she arrived in USA on May 12, 1846. Workwoman Bridget Carr, Franics Carr (25) Tailoress, Frances Carr, aged 30, Mary Carr, Mary Carr, aged 3, 3 months old U Carr, Patt Carr, aged 21, 11 years old Nancy Carr, and 552 other Carr around 51.89% of whom were workman while others worked as tailoress and servant, farmer, carpenter, shoemaker, weaver, spinster, seamstress, farm laborer, dressmaker, mechanic migrated to US.

From Germany

Emelie Carr from Wurtemberg aboard the Baltimore from Havre on May 23, 1851. She is registered to be 35 years old when she arrived in USA. Carl Carr (31) Farmer, 27 years old James Carr, Mary Carr, aged 5, 25 years old Sarah Carr, Johe. Carr, W.F. Carr (22) Laborer, 40 years old Johan Carr, George Carr (36) Laborer, and 4 other Carr around 35.71% of whom were laborer while others worked as merchant and tourist, cattle man migrated to US from Hamburg, Liverpool & Queenstown, Bremen, Hamburg & Havre and Antwerp.

Carr Namesakes

  • Milton Robert Carr, American lawyer and politician
  • Percifer Carr, British allied Loyalist living
  • Nicholas G. Carr, American writer
  • Judy Feld Carr, Canadian Jewish musicologist and human rights activist
  • G. S. Carr, British mathematician
  • Colin Carr, British cello soloist, chamber musician
  • Martin Carr, English musician and writer
  • Sam Carr, organizer for the Communist Party of Canada and
  • Anthony J. Carr, The Right Revd
  • Valerie Carr, (born 1936, New York
  • Otis T. Carr, first emerged into the 1950s flying saucer scene in Baltimore
  • Randy Carr, was born in Santa Monica
  • Paul H. Carr, U.S. Navy Gunner's Mate Third Class
  • Herman Carr, American physicist and pioneer of magnetic resonance imaging
  • Frank Osmond Carr, English composer
  • Sabin Carr, American athlete
  • Clive Carr, former Vice-President of Arsenal Football Club and a former hotelier
  • Rosamond Carr, American humanitarian and author
  • Lucy Carr, British singer and model
  • Leland W. Carr, American jurist
  • Tommy Carr, former inter-county Gaelic football player for Dublin
  • Norman Carr, British conservationist working
  • Hank Earl Carr, convicted criminal who, on May 19, 1998
  • Henry Rawlingson Carr, Nigerian educator and administrator
  • Geoffrey Carr, British rowing coxswain
  • Aaron Albert Carr, Laguna Pueblo/Navajo documentary film maker and author
  • Nathan T. Carr, U.S. Representative from Indiana
  • Donald Eaton Carr, American journalist, author and research chemist
  • John W. Carr, North Dakota Republican Party politician
  • Sean D. Carr, Executive Director of Batten Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at the University of Virginia
  • Ronald Carr, South African cricketer
  • Marilyn Gillies Carr, Scottish woman from Dundee
  • J. Comyns Carr, English drama and art critic, gallery director
  • Gerald P. Carr, American mechanical and aeronautical engineer
  • Archie Carr, Archie Fairly Carr, Jr
  • John Dickson Carr,
  • Emily Carr, Canadian artist and writer inspired by the Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast
  • Terry Carr, American science fiction fan, author, editor
  • Elias Carr, 48th Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina
  • Cathy Carr, American pop singer
  • Caleb Carr, American military historian and author
  • Henry Carr, American track and field athlete
  • Eric Carr, American musician and multi-instrumentalist
  • E. H. Carr, English historian, diplomat
  • J. L. Carr, English novelist, publisher, teacher
  • Jimmy Carr, stand-up comedian, presenter, writer
  • Joseph Carr, American sports executive
  • Bill Carr, American athlete
  • Robert Carr, British Conservative Party politician
  • Allan Carr, American producer and manager of stage for the screen
  • Allen Carr, British author of books about stopping smoking and other psychological dependencies including alcohol addiction
  • Roderick Carr, senior Royal Air Force commander from New Zealand

Carr Namesakes

  • Milton Robert Carr, American lawyer and politician
  • Percifer Carr, British allied Loyalist living
  • Nicholas G. Carr, American writer
  • Judy Feld Carr, Canadian Jewish musicologist and human rights activist
  • G. S. Carr, British mathematician
  • Colin Carr, British cello soloist, chamber musician
  • Martin Carr, English musician and writer
  • Sam Carr, organizer for the Communist Party of Canada and
  • Anthony J. Carr, The Right Revd
  • Valerie Carr, (born 1936, New York
  • Otis T. Carr, first emerged into the 1950s flying saucer scene in Baltimore
  • Randy Carr, was born in Santa Monica
  • Paul H. Carr, U.S. Navy Gunner's Mate Third Class
  • Herman Carr, American physicist and pioneer of magnetic resonance imaging
  • Frank Osmond Carr, English composer
  • Sabin Carr, American athlete
  • Clive Carr, former Vice-President of Arsenal Football Club and a former hotelier
  • Rosamond Carr, American humanitarian and author
  • Lucy Carr, British singer and model
  • Leland W. Carr, American jurist
  • Tommy Carr, former inter-county Gaelic football player for Dublin
  • Norman Carr, British conservationist working
  • Hank Earl Carr, convicted criminal who, on May 19, 1998
  • Henry Rawlingson Carr, Nigerian educator and administrator
  • Geoffrey Carr, British rowing coxswain
  • Aaron Albert Carr, Laguna Pueblo/Navajo documentary film maker and author
  • Nathan T. Carr, U.S. Representative from Indiana
  • Donald Eaton Carr, American journalist, author and research chemist
  • John W. Carr, North Dakota Republican Party politician
  • Sean D. Carr, Executive Director of Batten Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at the University of Virginia
  • Ronald Carr, South African cricketer
  • Marilyn Gillies Carr, Scottish woman from Dundee
  • J. Comyns Carr, English drama and art critic, gallery director
  • Gerald P. Carr, American mechanical and aeronautical engineer
  • Archie Carr, Archie Fairly Carr, Jr
  • John Dickson Carr,
  • Emily Carr, Canadian artist and writer inspired by the Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast
  • Terry Carr, American science fiction fan, author, editor
  • Elias Carr, 48th Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina
  • Cathy Carr, American pop singer
  • Caleb Carr, American military historian and author
  • Henry Carr, American track and field athlete
  • Eric Carr, American musician and multi-instrumentalist
  • E. H. Carr, English historian, diplomat
  • J. L. Carr, English novelist, publisher, teacher
  • Jimmy Carr, stand-up comedian, presenter, writer
  • Joseph Carr, American sports executive
  • Bill Carr, American athlete
  • Robert Carr, British Conservative Party politician
  • Allan Carr, American producer and manager of stage for the screen
  • Allen Carr, British author of books about stopping smoking and other psychological dependencies including alcohol addiction
  • Roderick Carr, senior Royal Air Force commander from New Zealand

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