Chandler Surname
Approximately 142,781 people bear this surname
Chandler Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the chandler': (1) a candlemaker; (a) the official who attended to the lights in his lord's household (v. Promptorium Parvulorum., and Way's note).' Candelere, candelarius': Promptorium Parvulorum.
Read More About This SurnameChandler Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 106,448 | 1:3,405 | 356 |
| England | 17,657 | 1:3,156 | 423 |
| Australia | 8,328 | 1:3,242 | 454 |
| Canada | 3,591 | 1:10,261 | 1,528 |
| South Africa | 1,033 | 1:52,447 | 6,627 |
| New Zealand | 1,005 | 1:4,506 | 709 |
| Barbados | 727 | 1:395 | 99 |
| Wales | 582 | 1:5,317 | 581 |
| Scotland | 387 | 1:13,834 | 1,778 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 338 | 1:4,035 | 668 |
| Panama | 239 | 1:16,369 | 1,186 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| France | 193 | 1:344,159 | 51,782 |
| Ireland | 127 | 1:37,078 | 3,016 |
| Thailand | 127 | 1:556,207 | 95,235 |
| Northern Ireland | 104 | 1:17,741 | 2,266 |
| Spain | 103 | 1:453,903 | 23,687 |
| Jamaica | 100 | 1:28,699 | 2,167 |
| Guernsey | 96 | 1:671 | 102 |
| Argentina | 86 | 1:497,016 | 36,727 |
| Germany | 80 | 1:1,006,318 | 69,119 |
| Saint Lucia | 67 | 1:2,668 | 414 |
| Guyana | 64 | 1:11,910 | 1,690 |
| Dominican Republic | 62 | 1:168,273 | 6,481 |
| Venezuela | 62 | 1:487,163 | 9,407 |
| Bahrain | 59 | 1:22,858 | 4,582 |
| Singapore | 56 | 1:98,352 | 4,171 |
| Ecuador | 50 | 1:318,117 | 9,154 |
| Netherlands | 47 | 1:359,302 | 39,900 |
| Switzerland | 41 | 1:200,315 | 17,548 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| China | 38 | 1:35,982,146 | 1,905 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 38 | 1:2,965 | 477 |
| Zimbabwe | 36 | 1:428,840 | 37,622 |
| Philippines | 34 | 1:2,977,595 | 140,497 |
| Iraq | 31 | 1:1,129,731 | 13,630 |
| Brazil | 29 | 1:7,381,874 | 170,034 |
| Mexico | 27 | 1:4,597,267 | 27,985 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 25 | 1:4,415 | 699 |
| Denmark | 24 | 1:235,196 | 18,480 |
| India | 22 | 1:34,866,608 | 408,224 |
| Suriname | 19 | 1:29,085 | 5,642 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 18 | 1:5,510 | 685 |
| Russia | 18 | 1:8,006,836 | 292,169 |
| Malaysia | 17 | 1:1,734,954 | 70,664 |
| Sweden | 17 | 1:579,221 | 42,433 |
| Grenada | 16 | 1:6,783 | 683 |
| Hong Kong | 16 | 1:458,468 | 3,288 |
| Japan | 16 | 1:7,990,268 | 43,922 |
| Costa Rica | 15 | 1:318,671 | 3,310 |
| Isle of Man | 14 | 1:6,130 | 1,329 |
| Jersey | 12 | 1:8,267 | 1,718 |
| Belgium | 11 | 1:1,045,149 | 78,166 |
| Italy | 11 | 1:5,559,699 | 110,230 |
| Bermuda | 10 | 1:6,528 | 1,005 |
| Gibraltar | 10 | 1:3,395 | 741 |
| Hungary | 9 | 1:1,090,697 | 49,203 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| South Korea | 9 | 1:5,693,362 | 993 |
| Guam | 8 | 1:20,015 | 3,029 |
| Norway | 8 | 1:642,786 | 47,258 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Puerto Rico | 7 | 1:507,163 | 3,435 |
| Greece | 6 | 1:1,846,632 | 89,049 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Afghanistan | 5 | 1:6,430,637 | 27,710 |
| Bahamas | 5 | 1:78,350 | 887 |
| Chile | 5 | 1:3,523,295 | 39,650 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Haiti | 4 | 1:2,670,977 | 16,453 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 1:5,894,165 | 166,702 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 1:5,308,217 | 12,400 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Egypt | 2 | 1:45,967,877 | 132,655 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Mali | 2 | 1:8,484,518 | 4,035 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Sudan | 2 | 1:18,755,098 | 14,167 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Saint Martin | 1 | 1:35,156 | 229 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Tonga | 1 | 1:107,313 | 791 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 159 | 1:27,861 | 2,912 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 9,484 | 1:2,570 | 370 |
| Wales | 109 | 1:14,389 | 857 |
| Scotland | 34 | 1:110,095 | 5,249 |
| Jersey | 8 | 1:6,485 | 1,119 |
| Guernsey | 2 | 1:16,328 | 1,834 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 18,283 | 1:2,747 | 303 |
Chandler (8,567) may also be a first name.
Chandler Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the chandler': (1) a candlemaker; (a) the official who attended to the lights in his lord's household (v. Promptorium Parvulorum., and Way's note).' Candelere, candelarius': Promptorium Parvulorum.
Nicholas de Malton, candelery 7 Edward II: Freemen of York.
Johannes Thurton, Gild of St. George, Norwich. English Gilds.
Matilda Candeler, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Robertas Knyghtman, 1379: ibid.
John le Chanteler, Close Rolls, 34 Henry III.
Reginald le Chandeler, London, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Mathew le Candeler, London, ibid.
William Candelarius, Leicestershire, ibid.
Jordan le Chaundler. Calendarium Rotulorum Patentium in Turri Londinensi.
John Candler, or Candeler, or Chanter, 1548: Register of the University of Oxford.
1566. Married — Richard Harrison and Margrete Chanteler: Reg. Prestbury Ch. Cheshire.
1567-8. Richard Canler and Elizabeth Locke: Marriage Lic. (London).
1628. 'Paid unto Thomas Chantler for a new clocke': Churchwardens' Accounts, Wilmslow; v. East Cheshire.
From ME. chaunaeler, AF. chandeler, OF. chandelier, in Latin documents candelarius: (1) a maker of candles; (2) the officer who superintended the supply of candles in a household. John the "Candelar" was appointed to bring certain Scottish jewels and writings from Berwick to London in September 1296 (Bain, II, 840). Payments to Alanus candelarius and Bridinus candelarius are recorded in 1329—30 (ER., I, p. 216,320). The London Livery Company of Tallow Chandlers was incorporated in 1463.
(Anglo-French-Latin) Candle Maker or Dealer [Middle English chaundler, candeler, Old French c(h)andelier, chandler; Latin candela, candle (whence Old English candel]
“Candle-Maker” in Old English.
(English) One who made or sold candles and small wax images for ecclesiastical offerings.
Originally a maker of candles, though now erroneously applied to a dealer in small wares. In the H.R. Le Chaundeler, Le Candeler, and Candelarius.
A name of trade; a maker and seller of various wares, originally of candles.
Chandler: candle-maker.
Chandler Demographics
Average Chandler Salary in
United States
$42,234 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Chandler Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chandler Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chandler (Russian: Чандлер) has its highest incidence in The United States. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chandler? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chandler is the 3,927th most commonly held last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 51,040 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 70 percent of Chandler are found; 69 percent are found in North America and 69 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Chandler is also the 67,961st most prevalent first name on earth. It is borne by 8,567 people.
This last name is most numerous in The United States, where it is borne by 106,448 people, or 1 in 3,405. In The United States Chandler is most numerous in: Texas, where 10 percent are found, Georgia, where 7 percent are found and Florida, where 5 percent are found. Outside of The United States this last name is found in 113 countries. It is also common in England, where 12 percent are found and Australia, where 6 percent are found.
Chandler Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Chandler has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Chandler last name increased 582 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 186 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 534 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 1,138 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 20 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Chandler Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally Anglican (58%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Chandler surname are 14.03% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60.8% registered with the political party.
The amount Chandler earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 83.18% more than the national average, earning 633,957 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 68.56% more than the national average, earning R 400,560 per year; in United States they earn 2.12% less than the national average, earning $42,234 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.33% more than the national average, earning $50,842 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chandler Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chandler in the Russian language | ||
| Чандлер | candler | - |
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Chandler Reference & Research
Chandler One-name Study - A profile of the Chandler surname with contact details for a researcher who collects any information pertaining to it.
The Chandler Family Association - Worldwide organization supporting Chandler researchers, including free genealogy inquiry service, DNA project, lineages database, newsletters, blog, and Facebook group.
Chandler DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Chandelier FamilyTree DNA Group - A group collating DNA test results for those who bear the surname, includes results of DNA tests and discussions.
Chandelier FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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