Carteret Surname

377,044th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 948 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
Guernsey

Carteret Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'de Carteret,' a parish adjoining Barneville, in the arrondissement of Valognes, in Normandy. The name is found early in Jersey.

Philip de Cartaret, Jersey, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp.

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Carteret Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France7601:87,39812,494
United States1231:2,946,821172,836
Guernsey291:2,222539
England131:4,286,005132,302
Jersey51:19,8403,614
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Panama31:1,304,08613,647
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Carteret (10) may also be a first name.

Carteret Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'de Carteret,' a parish adjoining Barneville, in the arrondissement of Valognes, in Normandy. The name is found early in Jersey.

Philip de Cartaret, Jersey, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.

John de Carteret, Jersey, ibid.

Geoffrey de Carteret, Jersey, ibid.

No doubt the name has sometimes become confused with Cartwright.

1663. Thomas Scott and Carolina de Carterett: Marriage Lic. (Canterbury).

1670-1. Benjamin Carteret and Dorothy Lane: ibid.

1725. Married - Edward Harvey and Mary Carteret: St. Dionis Backchurch.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

A parish adjoining Barneville, in the arrondissement of Valognes, in Normandy, immediately opposite to Jersey. Its seigneur took part in the Conquest of England, 1066. The Jersey family left the parent stock in the reign of Philip Augustus, and another descendant was created Lord Carteret in England. De Gerville, in Mem. Soc. Antiq. Normandie. 1825.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

(Gaelic and Welsh.) Local. The place or town of the castle.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Carteret: a small carter - i.e., not a little man in size, but one who drove a small cart. But Carteret is also a Norman place-name.

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

Carteret Last Name Facts

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

The surname Carteret is borne by more people in France than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Carteret? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 377,044th most frequently held surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 7,687,285 people. The surname Carteret is mostly found in Europe, where 86 percent of Carteret are found; 81 percent are found in Western Europe and 80 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly used given name on earth, held by 10 people.

The last name is most commonly used in France, where it is held by 760 people, or 1 in 87,398. In France Carteret is primarily concentrated in: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, where 34 percent live, Grand Est, where 26 percent live and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 14 percent live. Apart from France this surname is found in 16 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 13 percent live and Guernsey, where 3 percent live.

Carteret Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Carteret has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 2,050 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 186 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Carteret Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Carteret last name are 31.49% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 78.26% being registered to vote for the political party.

Carteret earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.14% more than the national average, earning $43,209 USD per year.

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Carteret Reference & Research

deCarteret DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

deCarteret FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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