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The Cartier surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,873 people carried this name — #11,061 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 103,100 people counted. That is up 7% from 2,682 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Cartier surname

The rural municipality is named after Canadian politician George-Étienne Cartier (1814 - 1873).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Cartier» (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 5,122 people named Cartier.

63 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 93 départements, most often Paris.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 63
Paris 464
Haute-Savoie 220
Oise 198
Sarthe 183
Doubs 175
Savoie 174
Indre-et-Loire 165
Puy-de-Dôme 164

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

326 people named Cartier live in Switzerland.

They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Vaud 70
Bern 58
Geneva 55
Basel-Landschaft 27
Solothurn 27
Zurich 23
Aargau 15
Valais 9

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 Argentina’s national register

At least 242 people named Cartier 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.

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Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 138
City of Buenos Aires 33
Córdoba 21
Neuquén 14
Santiago del Estero 13
Tucumán 12
Mendoza 11

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

In print

Cartier in American newspapers,
1890–1922.

Newspaper page from Sturgis Advertiser carrying the name Cartier
Sturgis Advertiser 1890-02-20
Newspaper page from The Indian Advocate carrying the name Cartier
The Indian Advocate 1904-01-01
Newspaper page from The Evening World carrying the name Cartier
The Evening World 1922-01-13

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 28,008 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Cartier,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Rubén Cartier d. 1975 · politician
  • Jacques Cartier 1492–1557 · sailor
  • Gabriel Cartier 1542–1618 · printer
  • Suzanne Rousseau 1644–1705
  • Toussaint Cartier 1707–1767 · cultivator
  • Jean Cartier 1723–1810 · politician

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

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