The Carretero surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 909 people carried this name — #26,772 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 322,600 people counted. That is up 52% from 598 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 1,506 people named Carretero 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 265 people named Carretero.
Most of them — 160 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 29 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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
73 people named Carretero live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 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 Carretero,
with a public archive behind them.
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Arturo Carretero 1852–1903 · engraver -
Manuel Carretero 1878–1908 · writer -
Tomás Carretero d. 1935 · writer
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Juan Carretero 1760–1829 · actor
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Francisco José Carretero Cepeda 1879–1962 · painter
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Juan Carretero Luca de Tena 1890–1952 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Carretero.
- Carrel 985 · U.S. census
- Carreno 7,146 · U.S. census
- Carrer 114 · U.S. census
- Carrera 16,533 · U.S. census
- Carreras 2,639 · U.S. census
- Carrere 388 · U.S. census
- Carretta 399 · U.S. census
- Carrette 104 · U.S. census
- Carrey 192 · U.S. census
- Carrie 797 · U.S. census
- Carrier 13,377 · U.S. census
- Carriere 2,988 · U.S. census
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