Distribution of the name 'Carter'
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Geographical distribution of the name 'Carter' in the UK
Statistics: Figures on the surname 'Carter'
In the UK there are 18.959 phone book entries with the surname Carter and approximately 82.565 persons with this name.
Thus, the surname Carter is the 67. most frequent name in the UK.
People with this surname live in 68 counties. Most occurrences are in Greater London: 1.561.
Other counties with lots of occurrences are West Yorkshire (1.398), Lancashire (891), Essex (860), Hampshire (852), Kent (773), West Midlands (720), East Sussex (666), Hereford and Worcester (565), as well as Greater Manchester (559).
The following surnames sound like Carter: Crowther, Crowder, Charter, Cordery, Carder, Corder, Corderoy, Courtier, Cordier, Cordrey, Cartwri, Crowter, Ceritre, Cartier, Croutear, Certtre, Corderey, Cordeiro, Crouter, Cordaroy, Chartier, Cordaro, Courtiour, Carretero, Crter, Cartter, Cordero, Cordory, Crader, Curtier.
The distribution of the name 'Carter' in other countries
Occurrence of the name Carter in the counties
| Greater London - The surname Carter is is the 54. most common name - 1.561 persons |
| West Yorkshire - The surname Carter is is the 54. most common name - 1.398 persons |
| Lancashire - The surname Carter is is the 79. most common name - 891 persons |
| Essex - The surname Carter is is the 22. most common name - 860 persons |
| Hampshire - The surname Carter is is the 36. most common name - 852 persons |
| Kent - The surname Carter is is the 48. most common name - 773 persons |
| West Midlands - The surname Carter is is the 77. most common name - 720 persons |
| East Sussex - The surname Carter is is the 33. most common name - 666 persons |
| Hereford and Worcester - The surname Carter is is the 57. most common name - 565 persons |
| Greater Manchester - The surname Carter is is the 95. most common name - 559 persons |
| Cambridgeshire - The surname Carter is the 28. most common name - 532 persons |
| Dorset - The surname Carter is the 32. most common name - 516 persons |
| Gloucestershire - The surname Carter is the 78. most common name - 496 persons |
| Surrey - The surname Carter is the 49. most common name - 488 persons |
| Wiltshire - The surname Carter is the 21. most common name - 460 persons |
| Hertfordshire - The surname Carter is the 38. most common name - 460 persons |
| Cheshire - The surname Carter is the 57. most common name - 364 persons |
| Derbyshire - The surname Carter is the 68. most common name - 351 persons |
| Suffolk - The surname Carter is the 36. most common name - 347 persons |
| Lincolnshire - The surname Carter is the 42. most common name - 340 persons |
| Berkshire - The surname Carter is the 51. most common name - 339 persons |
| Merseyside - The surname Carter is the 82. most common name - 331 persons |
| North Yorkshire - The surname Carter is the 77. most common name - 318 persons |
| Cleveland - The surname Carter is the 46. most common name - 287 persons |
| Devon - The surname Carter is the 59. most common name - 280 persons |
| Staffordshire - The surname Carter is the 70. most common name - 267 persons |
| Somerset - The surname Carter is the 50. most common name - 264 persons |
| Oxfordshire - The surname Carter is the 36. most common name - 239 persons |
| Bedfordshire - The surname Carter is the 41. most common name - 230 persons |
| Northamptonshire - The surname Carter is the 65. most common name - 226 persons |
| South Yorkshire - The surname Carter is is the 91. most common name - 224 persons |
| Norfolk - The surname Carter is is the 50. most common name - 189 persons |
| Northumberland - The surname Carter is is the 94. most common name - 186 persons |
| Tyne and Wear - The surname Carter is is the 176. most common name - 182 persons |
| Nottinghamshire - The surname Carter is is the 95. most common name - 176 persons |
| West Sussex - The surname Carter is is the 48. most common name - 175 persons |
| Durham - The surname Carter is is the 66. most common name - 171 persons |
| Gwent - The surname Carter is is the 89. most common name - 151 persons |
| Shropshire - The surname Carter is is the 64. most common name - 151 persons |
| West Glamorgan - The surname Carter is is the 83. most common name - 141 persons |
| Warwickshire - The surname Carter is is the 65. most common name - 140 persons |
| Central - The surname Carter is is the 816. most common name - 135 persons |
| Buckinghamshire - The surname Carter is is the 45. most common name - 114 persons |
| Clwyd - The surname Carter is is the 136. most common name - 107 persons |
| Dyfed - The surname Carter is is the 123. most common name - 88 persons |
| Lothian - The surname Carter is is the 511. most common name - 77 persons |
| Isle of Wight - The surname Carter is is the 65. most common name - 72 persons |
| Strathclyde - The surname Carter is is the 645. most common name - 71 persons |
| Cornwall - The surname Carter is is the 50. most common name - 70 persons |
| Leicestershire - The surname Carter is is the 36. most common name - 67 persons |
| Tayside - The surname Carter is is the 783. most common name - 38 persons |
| Grampian - The surname Carter is is the 518. most common name - 37 persons |
| Powys - The surname Carter is is the 96. most common name - 32 persons |
| Fife - The surname Carter is is the 881. most common name - 28 persons |
| Dumfries and Galloway - The surname Carter is is the 355. most common name - 22 persons |
| Mid Glamorgan - The surname Carter is is the 148. most common name - 19 persons |
| Gwynedd - The surname Carter is is the 359. most common name - 19 persons |
| South Glamorgan - The surname Carter is is the 94. most common name - 16 persons |
| Avon - The surname Carter is is the 106. most common name - 15 persons |
| Highland - The surname Carter is is the 537. most common name - 13 persons |
| Isle of Man - The surname Carter is is the 121. most common name - 12 persons |
| Humberside - The surname Carter is is the 56. most common name - 11 persons |
| County Down - The surname Carter is is the 1070. most common name - 9 persons |
| County Antrim - The surname Carter is is the 1802. most common name - 8 persons |
| Cumbria - The surname Carter is is the 652. most common name - 6 persons |
| Borders - The surname Carter is is the 690. most common name - 4 persons |
| County Londonderry - The surname Carter is is the 1311. most common name - 2 persons |
| Fermanagh - The surname Carter is is the 1277. most common name - 1 person |
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