Last Name CARLYLE

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Meaning Local: Of Carlisle, the county town of Cumberland. The surname crossed the Border, the spelling undergoing slight changes. Still it is easy to see that Thomas Carlyle was born and brought up not very far from the city whence his ancestors originally sprang.
Local: from the city of Carlisle in Cumberland. Hildred de Karleolo was owner of lands in Cumberland, on which the city of Carlisle now stands. His descendant, Adam de Karleolo, accompanied William de Bruce, Lord of Annandale, to Scotland, in 1170, and received from him a grant of the lands of Kynemound in Dumfriesshire; and was the ancestor of the Scottish branch of the family.
Origin English, Scottish, Irish

Rank 9,224 (2000 US census) 6,981 (1990 US census)
Count 3,252 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 82.38%, or 2679 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 12.64%, or 411 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.46%, or 15 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 1.57%, or 51 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.66%, or 54 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.29%, or 42 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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