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    The surname Charpentier

    A French occupational surname, carried by 2,891 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex C615

    Charpentier: #11,003 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Charpentier #11,003, 2,891 people Charpentier: #11,003 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Charpentier #11,003, 2,891 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Charpentier is more common than 93.2% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    From French Charpentier, from Latin carpentarius. Doublet of Carpenter.

    Charpentier 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 2,891 people named Charpentier in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 106,795 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,758.

    #11,003
    rank among US surnames
    2,891
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.8%
    change since 2000 (was #10,647)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,998Killebrew2,892106,758
    #11,003Charpentier2,891106,795
    #11,007Hipolito2,890106,832
    #11,010Guardiola2,889106,869

    Who is named Charpentier

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

    89% of people named Charpentier identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Charpentiers

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Marc-Antoine Charpentier
      17th-century French composer, 1643–1704
    • Megan Charpentier
      American-Canadian actress, born 2001

    Notable Charpentiers come mostly from the Kingdom of France (1) and Canada (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Charpentier

    Charpentier 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 Charpentier come from?
    From French Charpentier, from Latin carpentarius. Doublet of Carpenter.
    How common is the surname Charpentier?
    2,891 people in the United States had the surname Charpentier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 106,795 Americans. It ranked 11,003rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Charpentier?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Charpentier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Charpentier?
    Marc-Antoine Charpentier, 17th-century French composer, followed by Megan Charpentier.
    Where is the surname Charpentier most common?
    Wikidata records people named Charpentier in the Kingdom of France and Canada.
    What type of surname is Charpentier?
    Charpentier is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Charpentier getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,758 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,891 in 2010, up 4.8%.