The Chartier surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,479 people carried this name — #6,239 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 53,800 people counted. That is up 16% from 4,738 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 7,147 people named Chartier.
51 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 92 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 279 people named Chartier 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 Chaco.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 274 people named Chartier 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.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
45 people named Chartier live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 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
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 print
Chartier in American newspapers,
1906–1914.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 10,045 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Chartier,
with a public archive behind them.
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Alain Chartier 1392–1430 · writer -
Guillaume Chartier 1395–1472 · prelate -
Eustache Chartier de Lotbinière 1688–1749 · politician -
Michel Chartier de Lotbinière, Marquis de Lotbinière 1723–1798 · engineer -
Michel-Eustache-Gaspard-Alain Chartier de Lotbinière 1748–1822 · politician -
René Chartier 1572–1654 · physician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Chartier.
- Charon 1,222 · U.S. census
- Charpentier 2,891 · U.S. census
- Charrette 460 · U.S. census
- Charrier 552 · U.S. census
- Charron 4,241 · U.S. census
- Charry 308 · U.S. census
- Charton 244 · U.S. census
- Charvat 760 · U.S. census
- Charvet 301 · U.S. census
- Chary 164 · U.S. census
- Chassagne 139 · U.S. census
- Chasse 2,646 · U.S. census
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