How common is the surname Charter?

1,158 people in the United States had the surname Charter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 266,620 Americans. It ranked 22,260th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Charter?

Andrew Charter, Australian field hockey player.

Where is the surname Charter most common?

Wikidata records people named Charter in Australia.

Is the surname Charter getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,210 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,158 in 2010, down 4.3%.

The surname Charter

A surname, carried by 1,158 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex C636

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Charter is more common than 86.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,158 people named Charter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 266,620 Americans. That is down 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,210.

#22,260

rank among US surnames

1,158

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-4.3%

change since 2000 (was #20,413)

Who is named Charter

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

88% of people named Charter identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Charters

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Andrew Charter
Australian field hockey player, born 1987

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Charter

Charter has the Soundex code C636, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C636.

Questions

How common is the surname Charter?: 1,158 people in the United States had the surname Charter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 266,620 Americans. It ranked 22,260th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Charter?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Charter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Charter?: Andrew Charter, Australian field hockey player.
Where is the surname Charter most common?: Wikidata records people named Charter in Australia.
Is the surname Charter getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,210 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,158 in 2010, down 4.3%.