Last Name CHARLTON

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Local: Of Charlton. There are nineteen parishes called Charlton in the index of Crockford.

Origin	English, Jewish, Irish, Austrian

Rank	3,334 (2000 US census)	3,115 (1990 US census)

Count	9,837 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

83.35%, or 8199 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
13.04%, or 1283 total occurrences, as black,
0.49%, or 48 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.43%, or 42 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.39%, or 137 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.3%, or 128 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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