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Carro Surname Meaning

Spanish: from carro ‘wagon cart’ (from Late Latin carrum of Gaulish origin) hence a metonymic occupational name for a carter or cartwright.

Italian (Sicily; Carrò also Carò): altered form of French Carraud from Occitan carral ‘passable by vehicles’ hence a topographic name for someone who lived by such a thoroughfare.

Italian: from carro ‘cart’ hence an occupational name for a carter or a cartwright.

Italian (southern): topographic name from southern Italian carru ‘turkey oak’ (Quercus cerris) or a habitational name from any of various places called with this word.

French: variant of Carrot from a diminutive of char ‘cart’ applied as a metonymic occupational name for a carter or as a nickname for the owner of a cart.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

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You can see how Carro families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Carro family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Carro families were found in USA in 1920. In 1891 there were 14 Carro families living in Somerset. This was about 29% of all the recorded Carro's in United Kingdom. Somerset had the highest population of Carro families in 1891.

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Between 1950 and 2004, in the United States, Carro life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1950, and highest in 1981. The average life expectancy for Carro in 1950 was 44, and 74 in 2004.

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