Carel surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Carel surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 522 people carried this name — #41,657 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 555,600 people counted. That is down 9% from 575 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 1,248 people named Carel.

24 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 69 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 24
Seine-Maritime 179
Paris 104
Aveyron 100
Côtes-d’Armor 96
Morbihan 85
Calvados 78
Meurthe-et-Moselle 57
Manche 51

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

27 people named Carel live in Switzerland.

They live in 2 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

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

Where they live today

Vaud 22
Geneva 5

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 Carel,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Antonia Carel
    Antonia Carel 1853–1939 · writer
  • Roger Carel
    Roger Carel 1927–2020 · actor
  • Auguste Carel 1788–1836 · historian
  • Jean Carel 1903–1967 · official
  • Kurt Carel 1928– · association football coach
  • Maurice Carel 1933– · university teacher

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

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Carel.

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