Charlemagne Coat of Arms, Crest and Name Facts

Here is a quick, evidence-based look at the Charlemagne surname. Local archives often hold baptisms and marriages that never reached online indexes. No reliable dictionary entry explains Charlemagne, so any origin we give a client is traced from their own ancestors.

About 480 people in the United States were recorded as Charlemagne in 2010, placing it 44,730 on the national list. That is enough to place it in the top 50,000 American surnames. French civil records give 1,594 births under the name Charlemagne from 1891 to 2000, peaking in 1961–1970.

There is no single Charlemagne family crest for all bearers; the honest first step is to find out which Charlemagne line, if any, bore arms. Research your Charlemagne family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.