Carberry

English

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic craobh (“tree”) + barran (“hedge”). The surname can also be an Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cairbre (“descendant of Cairbre”).

Proper noun

Carberry (countable and uncountable, plural Carberrys)

1. A coastal village in East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT358699).
2. A town in Manitoba, Canada.
3. A habitational surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Carberry is the 11627^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2696 individuals. Carberry is most common among White (92.4%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Carberry”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 286.