Frequency: (446)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Spanish: topographic name for someone living by a crossroads, from the plural of carrera ‘thoroughfare’ (see Carrera).
GIVEN NAMES: Spanish 39%. Carlos (10), Jose (8), Francisco (6), Juan (5), Luis (5), Angel (4), Eduardo (3), Guillermo (3), Jorge (3), Ricardo (3), Agustin (2), Alberto (2).
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