Carlier
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Carlier is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country. In Belgium it is the 64th most common surname.
- BEBelgium1 in 2.1K(measured from records)
- FRFrance≈1 in 4.5K
- USUnited States1 in 1.2M
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- France (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 297 (measured from records)
- 1 in 2.1K (inferred from the name graph)
≈15,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Belgium
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Carlier counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | #188 | ≈15,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.5K | 2.1K | Carlier | 297 |
| BE Belgium | #64 | 5,533 | 1 in 2.1K | 5.5K | Carlier | 111 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈1,400 est. | ≈1 in 185K | — | Carlier | 2 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 299 | 1 in 58K | 299 | Carlier | 30 |
| US United States | — | 274 | 1 in 1.2M | 352 | Carlier | 147 |
| YE Yemen | — | ≈220 est. | ≈1 in 137K | — | Carlier | 1 |
| CH Switzerland | — | 53 | 1 in 159K | 53 | Carlier | 20 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Jean-Joseph Carlierb. 1794FRFrench historian
- Jules Carlier-Caffierib. 1878FRFrench politician (1878–1964)
- Maurice Carlierb. 1894BEBelgian architect and sculptor (1894–1976)
- Louis Carlierb. 1902FRFrench rower
- Gerd Karlickb. 1905DEnot in their usual nameGerman writer (1905-1975)
- Guy Carlierb. 1949FRFrench radio host
- Bruno Carlierb. 1956NLDutch chess player
- Rudy Carlierb. 1986FRFrench footballer
- Lucie Carlierb. 1990FRFrench basketball player (born 1990)
- Maxence Carlierb. 1997FRFrench association football player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 28 sources across 16 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 5.5K | #85 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Noms de famille (family names) | — | 5.1K | #95 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 2.8K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 2.5K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 2.4K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 2.3K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 2.2K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 2.1K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 1.9K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 1.8K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 1.5K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 1.2K | — |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- In which country does Carlier have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 15 thousand people named Carlier in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled carlier.
- Where is Carlier most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Carlier is densest in Belgium — about 1 in 2.1 thousand people — even though France holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Carlier?
- In Belgium, the national register counted 5,533 people named Carlier in 2008, about 1 in 2.1 thousand residents.
- How common is Carlier compared with other names?
- In France, Carlier is the 188th most common surname of 1,200,812 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Carlier” — the 188th most common surname in France. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.