The Carpentier surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,345 people carried this name — #13,087 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 126,600 people counted. That is up 8% from 2,174 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Carpentier surname
From French Carpentier (“charpentier”) (carpenter), from Norman Carpentier and Picard Carpentier, from Latin carpentarius.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Carpentier» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 13,704 people named Carpentier.
143 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 94 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 2,099 people named Carpentier 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
84 people named Carpentier 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.
In print
Carpentier in American newspapers,
1919–1921.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 43,445 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Carpentier,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jacques Carpentier Marigny 1615–1673 · writer -
Jean-Baptiste Carpentier 1726–1808 · sculptor -
Louis Charles Carpentier 1730–1787 · master craftsman -
Madame Gonthier 1747–1829 · stage actor -
François Ignace Carpentier de Changy 1753–1812 · military officer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 177 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Carpentier.
- Carollo 2,336 · U.S. census
- Carolus 656 · U.S. census
- Caron 12,810 · U.S. census
- Carotenuto 408 · U.S. census
- Carpe 165 · U.S. census
- Carpena 253 · U.S. census
- Carpin 186 · U.S. census
- Carpio 7,561 · U.S. census
- Carra 812 · U.S. census
- Carral 225 · U.S. census
- Carrara 1,487 · U.S. census
- Carraro 215 · U.S. census
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