Last Name CHARTER

Summary/Contribute


Meaning The charioteer, from French 'charete,' a chariot,a wagon. It could be that Carter has swallowed up all other forms. It is only in counties Cambridge and Hunts that Charte is common. Those two are the same counties the last name originated from.
Origin English

Rank 20,413 (2000 US census) 29,202 (1990 US census)
Count 1,210 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 88.43%, or 1070 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 6.69%, or 81 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.98%, or 24 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 2.07%, or 25 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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