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

Carteau is more commonly found in France than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Carteau? popularity and diffusion

Carteau is the 403,960th most commonly occurring surname globally It is held by around 1 in 8,395,790 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Carteau are found; 94 percent are found in Western Europe and 93 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.

The last name is most frequently held in France, where it is borne by 811 people, or 1 in 81,902. In France it is most frequent in: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 42 percent are found, Pays de la Loire, where 20 percent are found and Île-de-France, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account France it is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 3 percent are found and Chile, where 2 percent are found.

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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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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