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The CHANDLER surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 76,114 379 0.028 282
United States (1880 census) 18,274 294 0.037 365
Change since 1880 +57840 -85 -0.009 -83
Other Countries
Australia 3,620 409 0.022 221
United Kingdom 12,720 462 0.028 277
Top States for CHANDLER by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Texas 6,750 359 0.032 324
California 5,021 631 0.015 148
Florida 4,472 406 0.028 280
Alabama 3,995 149 0.090 898
Georgia 3,702 257 0.045 452
Top States for CHANDLER by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Alabama 3,995 149 0.090 898
Mississippi 1,876 203 0.066 659
Delaware 506 194 0.065 646
South Carolina 2,465 227 0.061 614
Idaho 758 167 0.059 586

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called CHANDLER live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called CHANDLER represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called CHANDLER in Texas than any other state, but you are more likely to find a CHANDLER by picking someone at random in Alabama than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of CHANDLER

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Language of origin: English

Ethnic origin: English

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: Occupational Name

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the CHANDLER surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the CHANDLER surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of CHANDLER in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Native American/Alaskan 419 0.55
Asian/Pacific 381 0.5
White (Caucasian) 58,433 76.77
Black/African American 14,545 19.11
Mixed Race 1,210 1.59
White (Hispanic) 1,126 1.48

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the CHANDLER surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of CHANDLER in historical publications

A name of trade; a maker and seller of various wares, originally of candles.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


CHANDLER. Origmally a maker of candles, though now erroneously applied to a dealer in small wares. In the H.R. Le Chaundeler, Le Candeler, and Candelarius.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Similar names to CHANDLER

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as CHANDLER.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for CHANDLER

The following words are slight variants of CHANDLER that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.