Charity Surname
Approximately 8,652 people bear this surname
Charity Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of the charity.' Possibly a dispensary or 'spittle' connected with an ecclesiastical foundation.
William de la Charity. J. John Charite, Close Rolls, 3 Edward I. Ricardus Charyte, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Read More About This SurnameCharity Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,878 | 1:61,551 | 4,560 |
| United States | 1,988 | 1:182,323 | 18,203 |
| England | 651 | 1:85,588 | 9,383 |
| Ghana | 623 | 1:43,372 | 4,874 |
| Uganda | 388 | 1:100,617 | 10,104 |
| Kenya | 376 | 1:122,819 | 10,248 |
| Egypt | 336 | 1:273,618 | 18,414 |
| Botswana | 331 | 1:6,607 | 1,113 |
| Cameroon | 178 | 1:116,680 | 13,410 |
| Zambia | 167 | 1:94,910 | 7,710 |
| Australia | 156 | 1:173,049 | 17,681 |
| Canada | 136 | 1:270,923 | 25,472 |
| South Africa | 81 | 1:668,861 | 48,796 |
| Indonesia | 71 | 1:1,862,665 | 118,960 |
| Scotland | 35 | 1:152,966 | 9,000 |
| New Zealand | 33 | 1:137,222 | 16,302 |
| Tanzania | 24 | 1:2,205,901 | 48,025 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 18 | 1:5,510 | 685 |
| Iran | 18 | 1:4,265,696 | 111,937 |
| Afghanistan | 16 | 1:2,009,574 | 14,441 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Solomon Islands | 11 | 1:52,730 | 10,588 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| Northern Ireland | 9 | 1:205,004 | 9,958 |
| Philippines | 9 | 1:11,248,691 | 221,039 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Denmark | 7 | 1:806,388 | 43,211 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Cambodia | 3 | 1:5,162,382 | 10,688 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1:3,054,091 | 90,853 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Grenada | 3 | 1:36,178 | 1,426 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 364 | 1:66,965 | 7,625 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:748,643 | 18,576 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 279 | 1:179,995 | 16,051 |
Charity (667,558) may also be a first name.
Charity Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of the charity.' Possibly a dispensary or 'spittle' connected with an ecclesiastical foundation.
William de la Charity. J. John Charite, Close Rolls, 3 Edward I. Ricardus Charyte, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Willelmus Charite, 1379: ibid.
Thomas Charite, 1379: ibid.
1612. Buried — Sara, d. Frederick Charitie: St. James, Clerkenwell.
1642. Married — William Charitye and Emma Last: ibid.
The origin as above given cannot be doubted. The baptismal Charity came far too late to obtain surnominal honours.
Charity Demographics
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Charity Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Charity Come From? nationality or country of origin
Charity (Arabic: تشاريتي, Hindi: चैरिटी) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Charity? popularity and diffusion
It is the 58,440th most numerous surname internationally, held by around 1 in 842,296 people. The last name Charity occurs mostly in Africa, where 63 percent of Charity live; 41 percent live in West Africa and 40 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Charity is also the 1,465th most numerous first name internationally, held by 667,558 people.
Charity is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2,878 people, or 1 in 61,551. In Nigeria Charity is most frequent in: Anambra, where 9 percent reside, Gombe, where 8 percent reside and Rivers, where 7 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria Charity exists in 63 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 23 percent reside and England, where 8 percent reside.
Charity Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Charity has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Charity last name grew 713 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 179 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 700 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Charity Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya and Christian (95%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Charity surname are 5.56% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 58.79% registered with the political party.
The amount Charity earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 13.88% less than the national average, earning R 204,660 per year; in United States they earn 12.26% less than the national average, earning $37,857 USD per year and in Canada they earn 23.34% more than the national average, earning $61,281 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Charity Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Charity in the Hindi language | ||
| चैरिटी | cairiti | - |
| Charity in the Arabic language | ||
| تشاريتي | tsharyty | - |
| خيريا | khyrya | - |
| خيرية | khyryt | - |
| خيريه | khyryh | - |
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Footnotes
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