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The Charlet surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 453 people carried this name — #46,902 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 666,700 people counted. That is up 3% from 440 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 3,496 people named Charlet.

41 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 78 départements, most often Nord.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 41
Nord 1,243
Pas-de-Calais 422
Paris 256
Haute-Savoie 161
Aisne 160
Somme 128
Rhône 89
Marne 66

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

In Belgium’s population register

At least 251 people named Charlet 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 Hainaut.

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Where they live today

Hainaut 135
Walloon Brabant 30
West Flanders 23
Liège 22
East Flanders 18
Namur 16
Antwerp 7

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

163 people named Charlet live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Vaud 79
Geneva 38
Fribourg 26
Neuchâtel 12
Valais 5
Zurich 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 Charlet,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Nicolas Toussaint Charlet
    Nicolas Toussaint Charlet 1792–1845 · painter
  • Jules Charlet
    Jules Charlet 1823–1852 · cabinetmaker
  • Étienne Charlet 1570–1652
  • Étienne Charlet 1756–1795 · military officer
  • Dominique Charlet 1757– · magistrate
  • Emile Charlet 1851–1927 · painter

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

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Surnames next to Charlet.

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