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    The surname Charest

    A French surname, carried by 2,187 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C623

    Charest: #13,824 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Charest #13,824, 2,187 people Charest: #13,824 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Charest #13,824, 2,187 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Charest is more common than 91.5% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    From French Charest.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,187 people named Charest in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 141,173 Americans. That is down 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,226.

    #13,824
    rank among US surnames
    2,187
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.8%
    change since 2000 (was #12,734)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,815O'Rear2,188141,109
    #13,824Petrey2,187141,173
    #13,830Gammons2,186141,238

    Who is named Charest

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

    95% of people named Charest identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • 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 Charests

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Charest

    Charest has the Soundex code C623, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C623.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Charest come from?
    From French Charest.
    How common is the surname Charest?
    2,187 people in the United States had the surname Charest in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 141,173 Americans. It ranked 13,824th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Charest?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Charest identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Charest?
    Jean Charest, 29th Premier of Quebec (2003–2012).
    Where is the surname Charest most common?
    Wikidata records people named Charest in Canada.
    Is the surname Charest getting more or less common?
    Less common. 2,226 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,187 in 2010, down 1.8%.