Carteau Surname

403,960th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 868 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Carteau Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Carteau Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France8111:81,90211,608
Argentina291:1,473,91182,038
Chile161:1,101,03021,213
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
England11:55,718,059489,080
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382

Carteau Last Name Facts

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

The last name Carteau occurs in France more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Carteau? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 403,960th most frequently used last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 8,395,790 people. The last name Carteau is predominantly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Carteau live; 94 percent live in Western Europe and 93 percent live in Gallo-Europe.

The last name Carteau is most prevalent in France, where it is carried by 811 people, or 1 in 81,902. In France Carteau is most frequent in: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 42 percent live, Pays de la Loire, where 20 percent live and Île-de-France, where 11 percent live. Other than France it is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 3 percent live and Chile, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Carteaud9322/
Carteauz931/
Caerteau930/
Cartau92112/
Carteu921/
Carteault8813/
Cartaud86277/
Cartaut86199/
Cartaux86129/
Cartauz8624/
Sarteau867/
Carta8336,931/
Cartault8092/
Carthaus8029/
Corteaux808/
Cartas773,968/
Charta77106/
Cartou7760/
Cartaş7752/
Cartha7748/
Cartta7727/
Cartaz7720/
Hcarta778/
Scarta775/
Cartat773/
Cartaa772/
Casrta772/
Cortau772/
Cartah771/
Carrta771/
Czarta771/
Corteu771/
Courteaux75983/
Courteaud75321/
Courteaut757/
Courtheau751/
Courteaua751/
Quarteaux751/
Cartoux71782/
Quartau7176/
Caireta7146/
Carthas7144/
Courteault7139/
Kartauz7130/
Courtau7122/
Chairta7113/
Quarteu7112/
Kartheu7111/
Zorteau719/
Chartou715/
Kartaux713/
Chartta713/
Cartous712/
Caurtas712/
Cortaud711/
Ccartas711/
Korteau711/
Chharta711/
Carrtas711/
Sartheu711/
Cartout710/
Karta676,675/
Jarta673,330/
Sarta672,928/
Zarta671,670/
Karthaus671,627/
Corta67758/
Carto67585/
Courtaud67511/
Courtaux67413/
Courtaut67168/
Ciarreta6794/
Corthaut6752/
Cartó6728/
Çarta6712/
Corthaus6710/
Chartouh677/
Žarta673/
Ciaretta672/
Tchartou672/
Qarta672/
Chaireta671/
Cartoaja671/
Jarhttau671/

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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 Carteau
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