The Karle surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,768 people carried this name — #16,305 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 166,700 people counted. That is up 47% from 1,203 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 112 people named Karle 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.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
67 people named Karle live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Solothurn.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 60 people named Karle.
13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
49 people named Karle is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
Who carried it
People named Karle,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jerome Karle 1918–2013 · chemist -
Jerome Karle 1918–2013 · chemist -
Margarethe Karle 1871–1943
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Nathan Karle 1872–1942
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Sándor József Karle 1885–1945 · Catholic priest
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Charles Karle 1898–1946 · rower
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Karle.
- Karcher 3,746 · U.S. census
- Karcz 644 · U.S. census
- Karczewski 1,058 · U.S. census
- Kari 530 · U.S. census
- Karim 5,729 · U.S. census
- Karl 6,564 · U.S. census
- Karm 291 · U.S. census
- Karman 608 · U.S. census
- Karmann 285 · U.S. census
- Karolak 173 · U.S. census
- Karolczak 114 · U.S. census
- Karolewicz 142 · U.S. census
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