Find out how popular the last name Carboy is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Carboy.

Carboy, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Carboy surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Carboy in America

Carboy is the 138304th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Carboy surname appeared 121 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Carboy.

We can also compare 2010 data for Carboy to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Carboy

The surname "CARBOY" originated in Ireland during the 8th century. It is derived from the old Irish Gaelic words "carr" meaning "rocky area" and "buidhe" meaning "yellow". This suggests that the earliest bearers of this name likely resided in a rocky, yellow-soiled region of Ireland.

One of the earliest recorded references to the name "CARBOY" appears in the Annals of Ulster, a chronicle of medieval Irish history, dating back to 789 AD. It mentions a clan leader named Aodh Carboy who led forces against Viking raiders in County Antrim.

By the 11th century, the name had spread to other parts of Ireland. The Lebor na hUidre, an ancient Irish manuscript from around 1106 AD, contains an entry about a Donnchadh Carboy, a renowned bard and poet from County Sligo.

During the Norman invasion of Ireland in the 12th century, the Carboys were among the Gaelic clans who fiercely resisted the Norman conquest. This is recorded in the Expugnatio Hibernica, a 12th-century chronicle by Gerald of Wales.

Notable Carboys from Irish history include Brian Carboy (c.1450-1512), a powerful clan chief in County Mayo, and Dervorgilla Carboy (c.1535-1609), a noblewoman and landowner in County Donegal.

As the surname spread across Ireland, it also took on different spellings such as Carbery, Carbry, and Carberry, often influenced by local place names like Carbury in County Kildare.

Other significant figures with the Carboy surname include Sir Edward Carboy (1678-1744), an Irish politician and landowner, and John Carboy (1825-1901), a prominent Irish-American businessman and philanthropist in New York City.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Carboy

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Carboy.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Carboy was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Carboy has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Carboy was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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