Charpentier Surname

12,944th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 43,339 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Charpentier Surname Definition:

French A carpenter. The family bearing the name are obliged to submit to the Anglo-French pronunciation Sharpenteer.

Charpentier Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France32,8801:2,020129
United States3,7811:95,86310,729
Canada2,3391:15,7532,287
Haiti8341:12,8101,257
Belgium7051:16,3072,500
Costa Rica4861:9,836498
Peru2941:108,1096,654
Ecuador2861:55,6154,932
Morocco2041:169,00029,345
Chile2011:87,6443,393
Argentina1881:227,35918,636
Panama1111:35,2461,948
Netherlands1071:157,82423,373
Luxembourg991:5,864863
Germany921:875,05962,702
Thailand861:821,376131,940
Sweden771:127,8809,055
Switzerland561:146,65914,074
French Polynesia551:5,1061,145
Spain531:882,11434,832
England441:1,266,32057,817
New Caledonia361:7,6731,760
Finland341:161,66814,556
Denmark281:201,59716,538
Singapore261:211,83510,313
Brazil241:8,919,764194,226
Colombia241:1,990,58612,178
Australia221:1,227,07766,405
Greece161:692,48777,522
China121:113,943,4645,994
Italy111:5,559,699110,230
United Arab Emirates91:1,018,03036,884
Wales91:343,83718,086
Gabon91:209,9102,378
Mexico81:15,515,77647,773
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Uruguay51:686,35229,886
Ivory Coast41:5,767,80855,416
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Algeria31:12,877,18484,902
Romania31:6,692,62378,504
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Vietnam31:30,882,0184,101
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Jersey31:33,0674,675
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Burkina Faso21:9,176,05023,741
Senegal21:7,289,6718,117
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Dominica11:75,891912
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England161:1,523,46151,234
Guernsey11:32,6562,283
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1651:304,35624,088

Charpentier (20) may also be a first name.

Charpentier Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

French A carpenter. The family bearing the name are obliged to submit to the Anglo-French pronunciation Sharpenteer.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Charpentier Last Name Facts

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

The surname Charpentier is found most in France. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Charpentier? popularity and diffusion

The last name Charpentier is the 12,944th most widespread last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 168,152 people. The last name Charpentier is predominantly found in Europe, where 79 percent of Charpentier are found; 78 percent are found in Western Europe and 77 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 2,446,817th most frequently held given name throughout the world. It is borne by 20 people.

This surname is most commonly used in France, where it is borne by 32,880 people, or 1 in 2,020. In France it is mostly concentrated in: Île-de-France, where 21 percent live, Grand Est, where 12 percent live and Hauts-de-France, where 11 percent live. Outside of France Charpentier occurs in 76 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 9 percent live and Canada, where 5 percent live.

Charpentier Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Charpentier has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 2,292 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 275 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it rose 200 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Charpentier Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Charpentier last name is chiefly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Charpentier last name are 1.98% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 51.25% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Charpentier earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 171.9% more than the national average, earning 940,996 kr per year; in Peru they earn 30.8% less than the national average, earning S/. 13,414 per year; in Colombia they earn 7.77% less than the national average, earning $20,939,400 COP per year; in United States they earn 3.05% more than the national average, earning $44,467 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.91% less than the national average, earning $42,771 CAD per year.

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Charpentier Reference & Research

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

Carpenter Cousins 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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Footnotes

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