How common is the surname Chalker?

1,749 people in the United States had the surname Chalker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 176,527 Americans. It ranked 16,444th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Chalker?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Chalker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Chalker?

Jack L. Chalker, American author (1944-2005).

Where is the surname Chalker most common?

Wikidata records people named Chalker in the United States.

Is the surname Chalker getting more or less common?

More common. 1,717 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,749 in 2010, up 1.9%.

The surname Chalker

An English occupational surname, carried by 1,749 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C426

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chalker is more common than 89.9% of them.

Origin

English origin

From an agent derivative of Old English geċealcian (“to whiten”), an occupational surname for a whitewasher, or a topographic surname for someone who lived on chalky ground.

Chalker is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,749 people named Chalker in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 176,527 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,717.

#16,444

rank among US surnames

1,749

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+1.9%

change since 2000 (was #15,627)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,437	Novello	1,750	176,426
#16,444	Guimond	1,749	176,527
#16,450	Chia	1,748	176,628

Who is named Chalker

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Chalker identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Chalkers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jack L. Chalker
American author (1944-2005)

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Chalker come from?: From an agent derivative of Old English geċealcian (“to whiten”), an occupational surname for a whitewasher, or a topographic surname for someone who lived on chalky ground.
How common is the surname Chalker?: 1,749 people in the United States had the surname Chalker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 176,527 Americans. It ranked 16,444th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Chalker?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Chalker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Chalker?: Jack L. Chalker, American author (1944-2005).
Where is the surname Chalker most common?: Wikidata records people named Chalker in the United States.
What type of surname is Chalker?: Chalker is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Chalker getting more or less common?: More common. 1,717 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,749 in 2010, up 1.9%.