Carberry
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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)
- A coastal village in East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT358699).
- A town in Manitoba, Canada.
- A habitational surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Carberry is the 11627th 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: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 286.