# Cartier (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/cartier/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,873 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,061 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 107,465 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.1% (2,682 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

The rural municipality is named after Canadian politician George-Étienne Cartier (1814 - 1873).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Cartier in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 87% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 4.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 3.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Cartier in the Kingdom of France, Austria and the United States.

## People named Cartier

- Jacques Cartier, Breton maritime explorer of North America (1491–1557)
- Rudolph Cartier, Austrian television director (1904-1994)
- Walter Cartier, American boxer (1924-1995)

## Similar surnames

Carter, Crider, Carder, Courter, Crater, Cartwright, Carruthers, Carothers, Chartier, Caruthers, Charter, Carithers.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.