Carre surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Carre surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 548 people carried this name — #40,016 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 526,300 people counted. That is down 5% from 574 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 12,697 people named Carre.

124 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 97 départements, most often Paris.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 124
Paris 1,251
Nord 688
Pas-de-Calais 679
Saône-et-Loire 494
Aisne 401
Morbihan 399
Ille-et-Vilaine 392
Indre-et-Loire 377

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 389 people named Carre 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 Misiones.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Misiones 167
Buenos Aires Province 98
Córdoba 55
Tucumán 24
Santa Fe 20
City of Buenos Aires 15
Corrientes 10

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 238 people named Carre 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.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Liège 83
Hainaut 81
Brussels-Capital 33
West Flanders 15
Antwerp 9
East Flanders 6
Namur 6
Walloon Brabant 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

80 people named Carre live in Switzerland.

They live in 9 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

Vaud 31
Geneva 12
Zurich 12
Fribourg 7
Schaffhausen 5
Valais 4
Aargau 3
Bern 3

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 Carre,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Margaret Carre d. 1767
  • Elizabeth Carre d. 1828
  • Bridget Carre 1520–1551
  • William Carre 1573–1645
  • Agnes Carre 1725–1785
  • Robert Riddell-Carre 1782–1860 · naval officer

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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