Carniaux Surname

832,284th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 332 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Carniaux Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Carniaux Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France2811:236,38036,629
Belgium281:410,59442,948
United States211:17,259,949572,238
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Carniaux Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Carniaux Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Carniaux is more frequently found in France than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Carniaux? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 832,284th most frequently used surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 21,950,440 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Carniaux live; 93 percent live in Western Europe and 93 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

The last name is most commonly occurring in France, where it is borne by 281 people, or 1 in 236,380. In France Carniaux is most common in: Hauts-de-France, where 36 percent reside, Île-de-France, where 26 percent reside and Brittany, where 11 percent reside. Aside from France this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 8 percent reside and The United States, where 6 percent reside.

Carniaux Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Carniaux has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Carniaux surname rose 350 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Carniaux Last Name Statistics demography

Carniaux earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 143.46% more than the national average, earning $105,050 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Charniaux94117/
Carniau932/
Corniaux8880/
Corniau8069/
Corniaut7527/
Cornieau759/
Corniaud752/
Jorniaux751/
Journiaux719/
Courniaud713/
Corniou67162/
Cornițoiu5928/
Corneoius592/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Carniaux
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