Challender Surname
Approximately 1,026 people bear this surname
Challender Surname Definition:
(Anglo-French) a nickname from the bird so called. [Middle English and Dialectal English chalaundre, calander, French calandre, Low Latin calandra, a kind of lark] And he was all with briddes wryen, With popynjay, with nyghtyngale, With chalaundre, and with wodewale, With fynche, with lark, and with archaungell.
Read More About This SurnameChallender Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 687 | 1:527,597 | 43,954 |
| England | 252 | 1:221,103 | 18,649 |
| Australia | 44 | 1:613,539 | 43,545 |
| Canada | 22 | 1:1,674,800 | 111,190 |
| Ecuador | 9 | 1:1,767,316 | 20,027 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 97 | 1:251,292 | 18,244 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:313,683 | 10,604 |
| Isle of Man | 2 | 1:27,135 | 1,659 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 73 | 1:687,927 | 44,660 |
Challender Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Anglo-French) a nickname from the bird so called. [Middle English and Dialectal English chalaundre, calander, French calandre, Low Latin calandra, a kind of lark] And he was all with briddes wryen, With popynjay, with nyghtyngale, With chalaundre, and with wodewale, With fynche, with lark, and with archaungell.—Chaucer, Rom. of the Rose, 912-15. Halliwell and T. Wright in their Dictionaries call the chalaundre the goldfinch.
Challender Demographics
Average Challender Salary in
United States
$39,746 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Challender Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Challender Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Challender is found most frequently in The United States. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Challender? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 354,583rd most common family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 7,102,871 people. The last name Challender is mostly found in The Americas, where 52 percent of Challender are found; 51 percent are found in North America and 51 percent are found in Anglo-North America.
The last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 687 people, or 1 in 527,597. In The United States it is most numerous in: Nevada, where 16 percent are found, Washington, where 12 percent are found and New Jersey, where 9 percent are found. Outside of The United States this surname is found in 12 countries. It is also found in England, where 25 percent are found and Australia, where 4 percent are found.
Challender Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Challender has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Challender surname increased 941 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 260 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it decreased 80 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Challender Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Challender surname are 22.95% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 69.72% registered with the political party.
The amount Challender earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 7.89% less than the national average, earning $39,746 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.46% more than the national average, earning $50,905 CAD per year.
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