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    The surname Charnock

    A place surname, carried by 540 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C652

    Charnock: #40,494 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Charnock #40,494, 540 people Charnock: #40,494 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Charnock #40,494, 540 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Charnock is more common than 75% of them.

    Origin

    Two origins: * English habitational surname from the villages of Heath Charnock and Charnock Richard, in Lancashire, probably of Celtic origin and related to the name Cairns. * Americanized spelling of Polish Czarnoch or Slovak Černok; see Cernik.

    Charnock is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 540 people named Charnock in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 571,751 Americans. That is down 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 564.

    #40,494
    rank among US surnames
    540
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -4.3%
    change since 2000 (was #37,200)

    Who is named Charnock

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

    95% of people named Charnock identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Charnocks

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Job Charnock
      British businessman, 1630–1692

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Charnock

    Charnock has the Soundex code C652, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C652.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Charnock come from?
    Two origins: * English habitational surname from the villages of Heath Charnock and Charnock Richard, in Lancashire, probably of Celtic origin and related to the name Cairns. * Americanized spelling of Polish Czarnoch or Slovak Černok; see Cernik.
    How common is the surname Charnock?
    540 people in the United States had the surname Charnock in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 571,751 Americans. It ranked 40,494th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Charnock?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Charnock identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Charnock?
    Job Charnock, British businessman.
    Where is the surname Charnock most common?
    Wikidata records people named Charnock in the Kingdom of England.
    What type of surname is Charnock?
    Charnock is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Charnock getting more or less common?
    Less common. 564 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 540 in 2010, down 4.3%.