The Carl surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 12,060 people carried this name — #2,746 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 22,400 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 321 people named Carl.
11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
117 people named Carl live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 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
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 26 people named Carl 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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Carl.
- Carini 1,369 · U.S. census
- Cario 253 · U.S. census
- Carion 278 · U.S. census
- Caris 661 · U.S. census
- Carita 157 · U.S. census
- Carite 102 · U.S. census
- Carla 153 · U.S. census
- Carlat 106 · U.S. census
- Carle 3,221 · U.S. census
- Carlen 791 · U.S. census
- Carles 450 · U.S. census
- Carletti 234 · U.S. census
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