Carithers

English

Etymology

Variant of Carruthers.

Proper noun

Carithers (plural Caritherses)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Carithers is the 22963^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1114 individuals. Carithers is most common among White (77.56%) and Black/African American (17.5%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Carithers”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 289.