Heraldry and the Carlé Surname

About 3,410 people in the United States were recorded as Carlé in 2010, placing it 9,531 on the national list. That puts it inside the top 10,000 US surnames. Between 1891 and 2000, 4,117 babies born in France were registered as Carlé, with the most births in 1951–1960.

Heraldry and the Carlé name

Sharing the Carlé name is not the same as sharing a crest; arms were granted to individual families.

Where the name comes from

Standard surname dictionaries do not settle the origin of Carlé, so we research it family by family rather than guess.

Carlé shows up clearly in official surname statistics. Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Carl, Carlo and Carol. For the full story, order the Carlé surname pack.