Chatterton Surname

66,579th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,487 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Barbados

Chatterton Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Chadderton,'a township in the parish of Oldham, Lancashire; (a) 'of Catterton,' a township in the parish of Healaugh, West Riding of Yorkshire.

Margaret de Chadreton, of Chaderton, Lancashire, 1332: Lay Subsidy (Rylands).

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Chatterton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,1181:116,24712,532
England2,5601:21,7653,054
Australia6981:38,6765,023
Canada5631:65,4457,595
New Zealand1651:27,4444,801
South Africa1171:463,05738,677
Wales571:54,2904,971
Scotland441:121,6787,769
Barbados251:11,498820
Zimbabwe181:857,68057,134
Chile151:1,174,43221,998
India131:59,005,029552,550
Germany121:6,708,788223,026
Malaysia121:2,457,85295,442
Italy101:6,115,669111,715
Northern Ireland81:230,63010,839
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
France51:13,284,544357,392
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
China21:683,660,78330,601
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Jersey11:99,2026,620
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland191:233,15110,389
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,6721:14,5792,174
Wales201:78,4213,652
Scotland61:623,86916,225
Guernsey11:32,6562,283
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6051:83,0068,688

Chatterton Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Chadderton,'a township in the parish of Oldham, Lancashire; (a) 'of Catterton,' a township in the parish of Healaugh, West Riding of Yorkshire.

Margaret de Chadreton, of Chaderton, Lancashire, 1332: Lay Subsidy (Rylands).

William Chaderton, or Chadderton, or Chatterton, D.D. (1540-1608), bishop of Lincoln, was born at Moston, near Chadderton: Dictionary of National Biography.

Thomas Chadderton, of the Lees, Oldham, 1575: Wills at Chester.

Imyne Chatterton, of Heaton Norris, 1594: ibid.

Alan de Caterton, Yorkshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Willelmus de Caterton, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Although in general Chatterton must be regarded as a variant of the Lancashire Chadderton, it is almost certain that some of the Chattertons found in the Yorkshire directories are variants of Catterton, a township in the W. Riding.

1569. Robert Chaderton and Margaret Revell: Marriage Lic. (London).

1570. John Wyllt and Margaret Chatterton, widow: ibid.

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

= Chadderton, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Chadderton, a chapelry in Lancashire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Local. Chadderton, Saxon, cete—doir—ton, the cottage—town in the wood; from cete or cyte, a cottage, hut, cabin; doir, a wood, and ton, a town.

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

From Chadderton; a location name in Lancashire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

In the 16th century there was a gentle family of Chatterton at Lichfield, Staffordshire, its members often serving as bailiff or mayor of that city (Harwood's "Lichfield").

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

Chatterton Last Name Facts

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

The surname Chatterton (Russian: Чаттертон) is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Chatterton.

How Common Is The Last Name Chatterton? popularity and diffusion

Chatterton is the 66,579th most commonly held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 973,360 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 49 percent of Chatterton reside; 48 percent reside in North America and 47 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 3,118 people, or 1 in 116,247. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 12 percent are found, Utah, where 9 percent are found and California, where 8 percent are found. Aside from The United States this surname exists in 40 countries. It also occurs in England, where 34 percent are found and Australia, where 9 percent are found.

Chatterton Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Chatterton has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 515 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 153 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 285 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 733 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 84 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Chatterton Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Chatterton last name is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Chatterton surname are 14.6% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 61.37% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Chatterton earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 41.52% more than the national average, earning R 336,312 per year; in United States they earn 1.12% more than the national average, earning $43,633 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.43% less than the national average, earning $46,984 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Chatterton Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Chatterton in the Russian language
Чаттертонcatterton-

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Chatterton Reference & Research

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Chatterton 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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