Carrico
A surname of likely old European origin, probably either a place-based name or a family-name variant built from a personal name.
The #6,050 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 54,424 Americans shares it.
Etymology
No single etymology can be stated with confidence from the usual surname dictionaries alone. Carrico is most likely a surname that developed from a place-name, a nickname, or a shortened/altered form of a given name in one of several Romance-language traditions. The spelling also fits the way surnames were often reshaped after migration, so the modern form may conceal an older local or family surname behind it.
History
In the United States, Carrico appears to be a relatively uncommon surname with a modern distribution shaped by immigration and later spelling stabilization. Because the name can fit more than one European naming pattern, different family lines may have unrelated origins even when they share the same spelling. Genealogical research on specific ancestral places is usually needed to determine the exact source for a given Carrico family.
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Fun fact
Unusual surnames like Carrico often turn out to have multiple independent origins, so two families with the same spelling are not always related.