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The surname Charboneau

A surname, carried by 2,117 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex C615

Charboneau: #14,184 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Charboneau #14,184, 2,117 people Charboneau: #14,184 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Charboneau #14,184, 2,117 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Charboneau is more common than 91.3% of them.

Origin

From the French surname, variant of Charbonneau.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,117 people named Charboneau in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 145,841 Americans. That is up 6.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,990.

#14,184
rank among US surnames
2,117
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+6.4%
change since 2000 (was #13,912)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#14,178Dunfee2,118145,772
#14,184Pusateri2,117145,841
#14,191Majano2,116145,910

Who is named Charboneau

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

86% of people named Charboneau identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.1% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 86%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 7.1%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.8%
  • Two or more races 2.3%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Charboneau

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

Questions

Where does the surname Charboneau come from?
From the French surname, variant of Charbonneau.
How common is the surname Charboneau?
2,117 people in the United States had the surname Charboneau in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 145,841 Americans. It ranked 14,184th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Charboneau?
In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named Charboneau identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.1% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Is the surname Charboneau getting more or less common?
More common. 1,990 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,117 in 2010, up 6.4%.