Carleton is used as a family name or surname in Canada. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Carleton
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Canada
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Carleton

How popular is Carleton?

Carleton is common in Canada.

Carleton is ranked 53374 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Carleton bearers increased by 5.028207 per cent in 2010 US census to 4282 since 2000, the surname slipped by 225 spots and ranked at 7753. The last name was found in around 14 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 93.44 94.36
Hispanic or Latino 2.38 1.74
Black 1.82 1.77
Others 1.1 1.15
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.77 0.54
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.49 0.44
Carleton is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Northern Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 8833 people have been found who wears Carleton as their family name. Carleton is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
720,003 Russia4
6,270 Hong Kong3
1,118 Isle of Man2
21,529 Singapore2
50,640 Switzerland2
35,969 Denmark2
12,161 Wales2
139,444 Brazil2
40,256 Mexico2
82,478 South Africa2
33,202 Saudi Arabia2
9,272 Ecuador2
124,220 Italy2
47,891 Norway1
1,704,541 India1
20,172 Hungary1
29,595 Iran1
16,228 Bulgaria1
15,162 Costa Rica1
91,024 Belgium1
2,196 Liberia1
40,340 Malaysia1
2,040 Mali1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
3,993 El Salvador1
7,895 South Korea1
38,830 Morocco1
7,292 Vietnam1
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
6,180 Scotland85
Countries with hundreds of Carleton:
10,544 England602
8,789 Australia321
1,273 Northern Ireland227
2,519 Ireland175
5,186 New Zealand147
77,708 France122
Countries with thousands of Carleton:
6,633 United States5,815
3,593 Canada1,295
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Chr. Carleton worked as workman and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 35 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Orphan and arrived on May 1, 1846. Caroline Carleton (35) , James Carleton (18) Workman, 10 years old Ann Carleton, John Carleton, aged 20, Edward Carleton (22) Weaver, Farmer John Carleton, Charles Carleton (28) Farmer, Maid Samuel Carleton, and 14 other Carleton around 50% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and servant migrated to US.

Comments

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Heath Canney
 Carleton is a family name, a diminutive of carl, representing the southern Picardy or form of Charles baptismal name of Germanic origin derived from karlhomme.

Carleton Namesakes

  • Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, Former Governor General of the Province of Quebec
  • Alfred Carleton Ambler, Author
  • Henry Boyle, 1st Baron Carleton, Politician
  • Barbee Oliver Carleton, Author
  • Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, Former Governor General of the Province of Quebec
  • George M. Carleton, Character actor
  • Henry Boyle, 1st Baron Carleton, Politician
  • Bob Carleton, Composer
  • Mark T. Carleton, Historian
  • George M. Carleton, Character actor
  • Henry Guy Carleton portrayed crucial role of Henry von Prague in 1918 0 flick A Daughter of Uncle Sam.

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