How common is the surname Chandler?

79,186 people in the United States had the surname Chandler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 3,899 Americans. It ranked 404th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Chandler?

Raymond Chandler, American novelist and screenwriter (1888–1959), followed by Kyle Chandler.

Where is the surname Chandler most common?

Wikidata records people named Chandler in the United States, Australia and Germany.

How do you pronounce Chandler?

Chandler is /ˈt͡ʃændləɹ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Chandler getting more or less common?

More common. 76,114 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 79,186 in 2010, up 4.0%.

Is Chandler also a first name?

Yes. Chandler is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Chandler

An occupational surname, carried by 79,186 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈt͡ʃændləɹ/ 2 syllables Soundex C534 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Chandler is more common than 99.8% of them.

Origin

An English surname originating as an occupation for a chandler (“maker or seller of candles”).

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 79,186 people named Chandler in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 3,899 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 76,114.

#404

rank among US surnames

79,186

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+4%

change since 2000 (was #379)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#395	Baldwin	80,742	3,824
#396	Daniel	80,526	3,834
#397	Simon	80,460	3,837
#398	Velasquez	80,364	3,842
#399	Hardy	80,252	3,847
#400	Higgins	79,803	3,869
#401	Aguirre	79,517	3,883

Who is named Chandler

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

74% of people named Chandler identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 74%
Black (not Hispanic) 20%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Chandlers

38 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Raymond Chandler
American novelist and screenwriter (1888–1959)
Kyle Chandler
American actor (born 1965)
Tyson Chandler
American basketball player (born 1982)
Timothy Chandler
American soccer player, born 1990
Jeff Chandler
American actor and singer (1918–1961)
Seth Carlo Chandler
American astronomer (1846–1913)
Sydney Chandler
American actress, born 1996
Wilson Chandler
American basketball player (born 1987)
Happy Chandler
American politician, Governor of Kentucky, Baseball Commissioner (1898-1991)
Helen Chandler
American actress (1906–1965)
George Chandler
American film and television actor (1898-1985)
Alfred D. Chandler Jr.
American historian (1918–2007)

Notable Chandlers come mostly from the United States (35), Australia (2) and Germany (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Candler
Chander

Surnames that sound like Chandler

Chandler has the Soundex code C534, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C534.

Questions

How common is the surname Chandler?: 79,186 people in the United States had the surname Chandler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 3,899 Americans. It ranked 404th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Chandler?: In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Chandler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Chandler?: Raymond Chandler, American novelist and screenwriter (1888–1959), followed by Kyle Chandler.
Where is the surname Chandler most common?: Wikidata records people named Chandler in the United States, Australia and Germany.
How do you pronounce Chandler?: Chandler is /ˈt͡ʃændləɹ/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Chandler?: Chandler is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Chandler getting more or less common?: More common. 76,114 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 79,186 in 2010, up 4.0%.
What are other spellings of Chandler?: Candler and Chander.
Is Chandler also a first name?: Yes. Chandler is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.