Charnock Surname

104,392nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,496 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Charnock Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Charnock'; two townships in the parish of Standish, Lancashire, styled respectively Charnock Richard and Charnock Heath.' Stephen Charnock (1628-80), Puritan theologian, was born in 1628, in .

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Charnock Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2,7901:19,9712,831
United States7391:490,47241,410
Australia4881:55,3196,784
Canada961:383,80834,152
Wales791:39,1713,833
South Africa701:773,96753,253
Chile621:284,1378,321
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Isle of Man271:3,179679
New Zealand231:196,88420,367
Denmark131:434,20928,556
Scotland131:411,83217,291
Netherlands101:1,688,71881,846
Northern Ireland91:205,0049,958
Brazil91:23,786,037375,389
Norway81:642,78647,258
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Costa Rica31:1,593,3568,177
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
France11:66,422,722504,397
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,4211:17,1542,496
Scotland101:374,32210,959
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States811:619,98441,330

Charnock Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Charnock'; two townships in the parish of Standish, Lancashire, styled respectively Charnock Richard and Charnock Heath.' Stephen Charnock (1628-80), Puritan theologian, was born in 1628, in ... London, where his father, Richard Charnock (a relation of the Lancashire family of Charnock of Charnock), was a solicitor': Dictionary of National Biography.

Robert Charnock, of Charnock: Bainos' Lancashire.

Elizabeth Charnock, of Leyland, Lancashire, 1575: Wills at Chester.

James Charnock, of Charnock Richard, 1633: ibid. (1621-1650).

William Chamocke, 1582: Preston Guild Rolls.

1565. Baptised — John, s. Nicholas Charnocke: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1806. Married — James Charnock and Charlott Stacke: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) belonging to Charnock (Lancs) = prob. the Churn-Oak, i.e., an oak by which churning was done [North. Dialectal English charn = churn, Old English cyrin + Middle English o(c)k, O.E. ác, oak] Henry de Chernok, A.D. 1288.—Lane. Inq., &c.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) a more likely etym. is Old English ge)cyrnod, ‘rongh’ [conn. with the stem of Old English cyrnel, a grain]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A township and estate in the parish of Standish, co. Lancaster, anciently the possession of the family. The name has been written Chernoke, Charnoke, &c.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

(Northen French) Local. Derived from the town of Chernoc, in Normandy.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

The Charnocks, who have their present home in the Ormskirk district, take their name from Lancashire townships. Roger de Chernock was mayor of Liverpool in 1437 (B. L.). Robert Charnocke was a Lancashire gentleman who contributed £25 to the Spanish Armada Fund in 1588 (Sp.). A family of Charnocke held land in Garstang in 1604 (F. G.). In the list of the Roman Catholics of Lancashire registered after the rebellion of 1715 occurs the name of Charnock in the case of a small landowner (B.). The knightly family of Charnock of Sharnbrook, Beds, in the 16th and 17th centuries (Harvey's "Willey"), probably sprang from the Lancashire stock; Richard Charnock of Bedfordshire, armiger, contributed £40 to the Spanish Armada Fund in 1588 (Sp.).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Charnock Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Charnock Come From? nationality or country of origin

Charnock is held by more people in England than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Charnock? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 104,392nd most frequently held last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,620,895 people. The last name Charnock is mostly found in Europe, where 67 percent of Charnock live; 66 percent live in Northern Europe and 65 percent live in British Isles.

It is most widespread in England, where it is held by 2,790 people, or 1 in 19,971. In England it is most frequent in: Greater Manchester, where 27 percent live, Lancashire, where 14 percent live and Merseyside, where 10 percent live. Excluding England this last name is found in 36 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 16 percent live and Australia, where 11 percent live.

Charnock Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Charnock has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Charnock surname rose 196 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 912 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it rose 7,900 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 130 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Charnock Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Charnock surname is chiefly Unitarian (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Charnock surname are 18.77% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 65.54% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Charnock earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 22.94% more than the national average, earning 425,485 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 157.05% more than the national average, earning R 610,848 per year; in United States they earn 5% more than the national average, earning $45,305 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.03% less than the national average, earning $43,708 CAD per year.

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