The Charpentier surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,891 people carried this name — #11,003 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 102,000 people counted. That is up 5% from 2,758 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Charpentier surname
From French Charpentier, from Latin carpentarius.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Charpentier» (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 12,484 people named Charpentier.
111 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 98 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 372 people named Charpentier 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 mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 212 people named Charpentier 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
84 people named Charpentier live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 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 the Nordic population registers
150 people named Charpentier are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Charpentier in American newspapers,
1899–1910.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,880 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Charpentier,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hubert Charpentier 1561–1650 · priest -
Marc-Antoine Charpentier 1643–1704 · composer -
Henri François Marie Charpentier 1769–1831 · military personnel -
Julie von Charpentier 1776–1811 -
Jean de Charpentier 1786–1855 · naturalist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 178 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Charpentier.
- Charlot 1,334 · U.S. census
- Charlotin 192 · U.S. census
- Charlotte 126 · U.S. census
- Charny 158 · U.S. census
- Charo 667 · U.S. census
- Charon 1,222 · U.S. census
- Charrette 460 · U.S. census
- Charrier 552 · U.S. census
- Charron 4,241 · U.S. census
- Charry 308 · U.S. census
- Chartier 5,479 · U.S. census
- Charton 244 · U.S. census
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