Charlier surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Charlier surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 338 people carried this name — #59,742 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 909,100 people counted. That is down 49% from 663 in 2000.

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In Belgium’s population register

At least 5,099 people named Charlier 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 Liège.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Liège 1,934
Namur 966
Hainaut 737
Walloon Brabant 513
Luxembourg Province 302
Brussels-Capital 296
Flemish Brabant 245
Limburg 48

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

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 2,695 people named Charlier.

132 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 77 départements, most often Ardennes.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 132
Ardennes 478
Marne 297
Aisne 255
Bas-Rhin 238
Paris 223
Nord 171
Meurthe-et-Moselle 102
Meuse 85

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

In Argentina’s national register

At least 84 people named Charlier 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

Buenos Aires Province 47
City of Buenos Aires 22
Santa Fe 15

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

52 people named Charlier 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

Vaud 18
Geneva 8
Valais 6
Fribourg 5
Bern 4
Basel-Landschaft 4
Zug 4
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.

In the Nordic population registers

24 people named Charlier is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 24

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

Who carried it

People named Charlier,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jean-Joseph Charlier
    Jean-Joseph Charlier 1794–1886 · revolutionary
  • Emile Charlier
    Emile Charlier 1853– · painter
  • Guillaume Charlier
    Guillaume Charlier 1854–1925 · sculptor
  • Joannes-Baptista Charlier d. 1826
  • Jacques Charlier 1706–1790 · painter
  • Jacques Charlier 1720–1790 · painter

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

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