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The Carbonell surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,718 people carried this name — #11,568 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 108,700 people counted. That is up 25% from 2,182 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Carbonell surname

A surname from Catalan.

Borrowed from Catalan.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Carbonell» (Spanish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 1,881 people named Carbonell live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 718
Córdoba 244
City of Buenos Aires 228
Santa Fe 212
Corrientes 110
Tucumán 73
Entre Ríos 70
Río Negro 52

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 373 people named Carbonell.

122 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 31 départements, most often Pyrénées-Orientales.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 122
Pyrénées-Orientales 42
Hérault 35
Aude 27
Bouches-du-Rhône 20
Orne 15
Haute-Garonne 15
Gard 14
Paris 10

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

41 people named Carbonell live in Switzerland.

They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 16
Vaud 9
Ticino 8
Fribourg 4
Neuchâtel 4

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.

In print

Carbonell in American newspapers,
1898.

Newspaper page from The Times carrying the name Carbonell
The Times 1898-04-19
Newspaper page from Richmond Dispatch carrying the name Carbonell
Richmond Dispatch 1898-06-01
Newspaper page from Richmond Dispatch carrying the name Carbonell
Richmond Dispatch 1898-04-19

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,435 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Carbonell,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Pontius Carbonell
    Pontius Carbonell 1260–1350 · Catholic priest
  • Tomás Carbonell
    Tomás Carbonell 1620–1692 · Catholic priest
  • Tomás Carbonell
    Tomás Carbonell 1621–1692 · Catholic priest
  • Lluís Carbonell i de Ferràs d. 1795 · military personnel
  • Miguel Carbonell d. 1727 · author
  • Ausiás Carbonell d. 1532 · Catholic priest

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Carbonell.

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