Chartres Surname

457,658th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 739 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
French Polynesia

Chartres Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Chartres,' in France. The variants are all of a very natural character.

Richard de Chartray, Devon, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.

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Chartres Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia2191:123,26813,526
France1721:386,17957,106
England1521:366,56626,048
New Zealand601:75,47211,103
Northern Ireland361:51,2514,273
Canada361:1,023,48976,466
French Polynesia181:15,6003,086
United States181:20,136,607622,629
Wales81:386,81619,671
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Sri Lanka41:5,202,14012,146
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Macau11:601,6301,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland351:126,5687,344
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England671:363,81122,769
Scotland131:287,9409,345
Wales21:784,20816,349
Guernsey11:32,6562,283
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:2,510,934119,518

Chartres (11) may also be a first name.

Chartres Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Chartres,' in France. The variants are all of a very natural character.

Richard de Chartray, Devon, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.

Alan de Chartres, Huntingdonshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

John de Chartres, Lincolnshire, ibid.

Ralph de Chartres, c. 1300. Writs of Parliament.

Johannes Charteres, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

1638. Married — Christopher Chattrice and Mary Bingham: St. Peter, Cornhill.

1639. Baptised — Joseph, s. Christopher Chatterisse, cooke: ibid.

1693. Married — Richard Hawson and Martha Charterisse: St. Michael, Cornhill.

1771. — Francis Charteris and Susan Keck: St. George, Hanover Square.

1797. — William Marshall and Sarah Charters: ibid.

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

(Anglo-French-Latin - Celtic) belonging to Chartres (France), the Merovingian Carnotas, the tribal name Carnutes of Cæsar.

Alan de Chartres.—Parl. Writs.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

A large town in the department of Bure et Loire, in France.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Reginald, Vidame de Chartres, was living 1020 (La Eoque, Mais. Harc., 1568-9). Of this house Ralph Carnotensis (De Chartres) held estates in Leicester, 1086, and Ebrard de Carnot, 1148, held lands at Winchester (Wint. Domesd.). In 1165 Robert de Chartres held one fee from the Earl of Warwick (Liber Niger). In the 14th cent.

Robert and Roger de Chartres had writs of military summons.

The Norman People (1874)

Chartres: Ralph Carnotensis, or de Chartres, held estates in Leicestershire (Domesday). The name is found in Scotland as Charteris. It is found also as Chayter.

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

Chartres Last Name Facts

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

The surname Chartres is more commonly found in Australia than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Chartres? popularity and diffusion

Chartres is the 457,658th most widespread family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 9,861,361 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 50 percent of Chartres are found; 38 percent are found in Australasia and 38 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand. Chartres is also the 3,487,849th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 11 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Australia, where it is carried by 219 people, or 1 in 123,268. In Australia it is most numerous in: New South Wales, where 30 percent are found, Victoria, where 23 percent are found and South Australia, where 19 percent are found. Aside from Australia this surname occurs in 19 countries. It is also common in France, where 23 percent are found and England, where 21 percent are found.

Chartres Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Chartres has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Chartres last name grew 227 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it declined 10 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it grew 400 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it declined 85 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Chartres Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Anglican (74%) in Ireland.

The amount Chartres earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 111.74% more than the national average, earning R 503,184 per year and in Canada they earn 14.47% less than the national average, earning $42,494 CAD per year.

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