The Carle surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,410 people carried this name — #9,531 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 86,200 people counted. That is up 6% from 3,221 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,870 people named Carle.
65 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 76 départements, most often Oise.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 513 people named Carle 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 Córdoba.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 75 people named Carle 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 Hainaut.
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 Carle 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
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 the Nordic population registers
100 people named Carle is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Carle in American newspapers,
1881–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 117,584 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Carle,
with a public archive behind them.
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Gaston Carle 1843–1902 · politician -
Giuseppe Carle 1845–1917 · politician -
Richard Carle 1871–1941 · actor -
Léon Carle d. 1899 · architect
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Anne Carle d. 1761
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Pierre Carle 1666–1730 · military engineer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Carle.
- Caris 579 · U.S. census
- Carita 161 · U.S. census
- Carite 102 · U.S. census
- Carl 11,689 · U.S. census
- Carla 116 · U.S. census
- Carlat 111 · U.S. census
- Carlen 726 · U.S. census
- Carles 373 · U.S. census
- Carletti 232 · U.S. census
- Carletto 111 · U.S. census
- Carli 798 · U.S. census
- Carlier 274 · U.S. census
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