How common is the surname Carpentier?

2,345 people in the United States had the surname Carpentier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 131,661 Americans. It ranked 13,087th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Carpentier?

In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Carpentier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Carpentier?

Évariste Carpentier, Belgian painter (1845-1922).

Where is the surname Carpentier most common?

Wikidata records people named Carpentier in Belgium.

Is the surname Carpentier getting more or less common?

More common. 2,174 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,345 in 2010, up 7.9%.

The surname Carpentier

A French occupational surname, carried by 2,345 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex C615

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Carpentier is more common than 91.9% of them.

Origin

French origin

From French Carpentier (“charpentier”) (carpenter), from Norman Carpentier and Picard Carpentier, from Latin carpentarius.

Carpentier is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,345 people named Carpentier in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 131,661 Americans. That is up 7.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,174.

#13,087

rank among US surnames

2,345

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+7.9%

change since 2000 (was #12,945)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,079	Spink	2,348	131,493
#13,081	Orduno	2,347	131,549
#13,084	Ormond	2,346	131,605
#13,087	Carpentier	2,345	131,661
#13,088	Pascarella	2,344	131,717
#13,091	DiMatteo	2,343	131,774
#13,096	Highland	2,342	131,830

Who is named Carpentier

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

87% of people named Carpentier identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.2% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Carpentiers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Évariste Carpentier
Belgian painter (1845-1922)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Carpentier

Carpentier has the Soundex code C615, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C615.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Carpentier come from?: From French Carpentier (“charpentier”) (carpenter), from Norman Carpentier and Picard Carpentier, from Latin carpentarius.
How common is the surname Carpentier?: 2,345 people in the United States had the surname Carpentier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 131,661 Americans. It ranked 13,087th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Carpentier?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Carpentier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Carpentier?: Évariste Carpentier, Belgian painter (1845-1922).
Where is the surname Carpentier most common?: Wikidata records people named Carpentier in Belgium.
What type of surname is Carpentier?: Carpentier is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Carpentier getting more or less common?: More common. 2,174 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,345 in 2010, up 7.9%.