Carrier is used as a family name or surname in Canada. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Carrier
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Canada
Meaning: We hesitate to name between the meaning and the valet worker working in a quarry. In Occitan, the name may also designate one whose house is located near the street (Occitan "Carrier" = street). This is in Savoy and Dauphiné that the name is the most common. Alternative: Carrie (12, 81, 31).

How popular is Carrier?

Carrier is common in Canada.

Carrier is ranked 13468 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Carriers plummeted by 0.2683963 per cent to 13377 since 2000 and slipped by 225 spots and ranked at 2692. The last name was found in around 45 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 86.83 88.46
Black 8.22 7.74
Hispanic or Latino 2.06 1.3
Others 1.78 1.3
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.72 0.78
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.4 0.41
Carrier is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Canada is ahead in terms of density. Around 39199 people have been found who wears Carrier as their family name. Carrier is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
46,707 New Zealand5
9,759 Japan5
101,066 Zimbabwe5
8,411 Costa Rica4
381,097 Ukraine4
2,720 South Korea3
662 New Caledonia3
3,519 Benin3
2,550 Haiti3
91,784 Netherlands2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
24,766 Scotland2
6,462 Ivory Coast2
19,046 Ireland2
3,014 Taiwan2
4,164 Vietnam2
13,552 Qatar2
18,718 Thailand2
31,767 Greece2
20,186 Kenya2
34,681 Norway2
7,574 Bangladesh2
810,193 Indonesia1
1,970 Grenada1
10,683 Cyprus1
29,774 Venezuela1
101,414 Kyrgyzstan1
123,175 Tanzania1
7,191 Afghanistan1
4,249 Cambodia1
31,584 Peru1
16,228 Bulgaria1
13,606 Senegal1
2,374 Bermuda1
49,101 Denmark1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
12,741 Ecuador1
12,745 Luxembourg1
38,830 Morocco1
2,057 Myanmar1
11,510 Oman1
3,071 Jersey1
9,591 Panama1
66,560 Philippines1
58,885 Poland1
21,562 Portugal1
36,814 Romania1
49,529 Israel1
2,935 Madagascar1
17,236 Ghana1
11,486 Estonia1
25,721 Egypt1
8,268 Mauritius1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
49,869 Spain38
26,164 Sweden36
11,685 Singapore24
353,279 Russia19
3,114 China14
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
67,110 Italy90
11,021 Chile81
185,794 India80
6,658 Uruguay73
24,466 Belgium67
17,601 United Arab Emirates54
Countries with hundreds of Carrier:
6,641 Pakistan754
9,035 Australia312
40,920 Brazil270
5,523 Switzerland216
17,404 Mexico209
50,182 Germany202
40,399 Argentina119
43,624 South Africa110
3,682 Wales102
Countries with thousands of Carrier:
1,093 France5,707
5,816 England1,226
Countries with ten thousands of Carrier:
2,490 United States16,160
304 Canada13,144
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Workman Mick Carrier from Ireland aboard the New World from Liverpool during the Irish famine. He is registered to be 18 years old when he arrived in USA on February 20, 1851.

From Italy

52 years old farmer Ferdinand Carrier and 35 years old farmer Julie Carrier who were residing in Italy migrated to USA on May 11, 1860 by Mortimer Livingston put out from Havre.

Comments

M
Marleen Polston
 Carrier is a lunch last name, name of profession which means one who extract the stones size -désigne also the maker tanks.

Carrier Namesakes

  • Moritz Carrière, Philosopher
  • Jean-Claude Carrière, Novelist
  • Eugène Carrière, Artist
  • Anne-Marie Carrière, Film actress
  • Anny Carrier, Musical Artist
  • Beate Carriere, Author
  • Eugène Carrière, Artist
  • Bern Carrière, Mathieu Carrière's father
  • Mathieu Carrière, Actor
  • Mathieu Carrière, Actor
  • Danyel Carrier played the leading character of Sam in 2018 horror film Scary Stories 2018.
  • Peter Carrier, from 2018 horror movie Scary Stories 2018, who portrayed Steven.
  • Anne Carrier, from 2009 documentary, drama film Carcasses, who portrayed N.

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