The Carlier surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 274 people carried this name — #71,265 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,111,100 people counted. That is down 20% from 344 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 8,995 people named Carlier.
137 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 90 départements, most often Nord.
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 4,653 people named Carlier 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
60 people named Carlier live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 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
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 Carlier,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jean-Guillaume Carlier 1638–1675 · artist -
Angélique-Nicole Carlier 1657–1699 -
Claude Carlier 1725–1787 · historian -
Crespin Carlier 1560–1636 · organ builder
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Martin Carlier 1653–1700 · sculptor
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Leonhard Carlier 1686–1755 · jurist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Carlier.
- Carle 3,410 · 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
- Carlin 12,035 · U.S. census
- Carlini 732 · U.S. census
- Carlino 2,642 · U.S. census
- Carlo 3,942 · U.S. census
- Carlon 1,964 · U.S. census
- Carloni 374 · U.S. census
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