The Carabin surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 138 people carried this name — #124,548 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted. That is up 17% from 118 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 433 people named Carabin.
16 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 44 départements, most often Moselle.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 139 people named Carabin live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
27 people named Carabin live in Switzerland.
They live in 2 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Carabin,
with a public archive behind them.
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Rupert Carabin 1862–1932 · photographer -
Henri Carabin 1884–1966 · photographer
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Michel Carabin 1959– · politician
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Sébastien Carabin 1989– · sport cyclist
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Maxime Carabin 2000– · Paralympic athlete
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Carabin.
- Capron 1,636 · U.S. census
- Capuano 2,731 · U.S. census
- Caputo 10,257 · U.S. census
- Caquelin 149 · U.S. census
- Car 767 · U.S. census
- Cara 693 · U.S. census
- Caracciolo 1,355 · U.S. census
- Caraco 170 · U.S. census
- Caradonna 618 · U.S. census
- Caramella 139 · U.S. census
- Carballo 4,813 · U.S. census
- Carbo 1,396 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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