The Charbonnier surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 234 people carried this name — #80,926 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,250,000 people counted. That is up 7% from 218 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 6,350 people named Charbonnier.
69 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 96 départements, most often Paris.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
106 people named Charbonnier live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 24 people named Charbonnier 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.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Charbonnier,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jean-Baptiste-Frézal Charbonnier 1842–1888 · Catholic priest -
Jean Robert Charbonnier d. 1979 · entomologist
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Pierre Charbonnier d. 1947
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Martin Charbonnier 1655–1720 · gardener
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Joseph Charbonnier 1751–1808 · politician
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Jean-Baptiste Charbonnier 1764–1859 · composer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Charbonnier.
- Chappel 2,521 · U.S. census
- Chappuis 460 · U.S. census
- Chapuis 213 · U.S. census
- Chaput 2,296 · U.S. census
- Charbonneau 4,617 · U.S. census
- Charbonnet 522 · U.S. census
- Chardon 258 · U.S. census
- Charette 4,121 · U.S. census
- Chari 434 · U.S. census
- Charite 165 · U.S. census
- Charle 106 · U.S. census
- Charlemagne 480 · U.S. census
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