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    The surname Charon

    A surname, carried by 1,222 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C650

    Charon: #21,403 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Charon #21,403, 1,222 people Charon: #21,403 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Charon #21,403, 1,222 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Charon is more common than 86.8% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,222 people named Charon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 252,656 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,078.

    #21,403
    rank among US surnames
    1,222
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +13.4%
    change since 2000 (was #22,304)

    Who is named Charon

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

    69% of people named Charon identified as white (not Hispanic), 24% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 69%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 24%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Charon

    Charon has the Soundex code C650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C650.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Charon?
    1,222 people in the United States had the surname Charon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 252,656 Americans. It ranked 21,403rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Charon?
    In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Charon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 24% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Charon getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,078 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,222 in 2010, up 13%.