Last Name CARSWELL

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Local: Of Abbots Kerswell or Carswell, a parish a mile or two from Newton Abbot, county Devon; or 'of Kings Kerswell,' a couple of miles south of Newton Abbot.

Origin	English, Irish

Rank	5,308 (2000 US census)	4,368 (1990 US census)

Count	6,039 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

58.27%, or 3519 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
38.6%, or 2331 total occurrences, as black,
0.38%, or 23 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.15%, or 9 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.61%, or 97 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
0.99%, or 60 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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