The Carlos surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 15,462 people carried this name — #2,357 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 19,100 people counted. That is up 27% from 12,162 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 3,566 people named Carlos 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 mapWhere they live today
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 243 people named Carlos.
73 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 47 départements, most often Martinique.
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
118 people named Carlos live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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
30 people named Carlos 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
Carlos in American newspapers,
1899–1923.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 320,944 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Carlos,
with a public archive behind them.
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William Carlos Ives 1873–1950 · judge -
J. Carlos 1884–1950 · artist -
Adelino da Palma Carlos 1905–1992 · writer -
Wendy Carlos 1939– · composer -
Don Carlos 1944– · basketball player -
Edward John Carlos 1798–1851 · antiquarian
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Carlos.
- 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
- Carlotti 163 · U.S. census
- Carlucci 2,906 · U.S. census
- Carly 161 · U.S. census
- Carmel 1,089 · U.S. census
- Carmignani 233 · U.S. census
- Carminati 238 · U.S. census
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