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The Charbonneau surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,617 people carried this name — #7,230 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 63,700 people counted. That is up 4% from 4,443 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Charbonneau surname

From a diminutive of charbon (“coal”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Charbonneau» (French), 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 1,457 people named Charbonneau.

18 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 69 départements, most often Vendée.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 18
Vendée 374
Paris 114
Maine-et-Loire 102
Deux-Sèvres 93
Charente-Maritime 89
Vienne 72
Nièvre 52
Loire-Atlantique 44

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

In print

Charbonneau in American newspapers,
1899–1913.

Newspaper page from Evening Journal carrying the name Charbonneau
Evening Journal 1913-07-30
Newspaper page from Edgefield Advertiser carrying the name Charbonneau
Edgefield Advertiser 1899-07-05
Newspaper page from San Antonio Daily Light carrying the name Charbonneau
San Antonio Daily Light 1900-06-17

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,788 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Charbonneau,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Toussaint Charbonneau
    Toussaint Charbonneau 1767–1843 · translator
  • Étienne-Louis Charbonnaux
    Étienne-Louis Charbonnaux 1806–1873 · missionary
  • Napoléon Charbonneau
    Napoléon Charbonneau 1853–1916 · judge
  • Olivier Charbonneau 1613–1687 · pioneer
  • René Charbonneau 1643–1727 · missionary
  • Antoine Charbonneau 1802–1877

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

When the index is not enough

This page says where Charbonneau is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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