# Charest (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/charest/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from French.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,187 |
| US rank (2010) | 13,824 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 141,173 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.8% (2,226 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From French Charest.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Charest in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Charest in Canada.

## People named Charest

- Jean Charest, 29th Premier of Quebec (2003–2012)

## Similar surnames

Christie, Christy, Christ, Christen, Christner, Carstens, Christon, Christensen, Christian, Christopher, Crockett, Christiansen.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.