Charlton

Charlton is the 3,511th most common surname in the United States, shared by 9,907 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 30,200.

By the numbers

People: 9,907
Rank: 3,511th
How common: 1 in 30,200
Per 100,000: 3.3

Where the name comes from

Origin Old English

From Old English ċeorl (“freeman”) and tūn (“town”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Charlton described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 77.1%
Black, not Hispanic 14.4%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.1%
Hispanic or Latino 3.2%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.7%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.6%

Notable people called Charlton

Bobby Charlton (1937–2023)English association football player and manager
Jack Charlton (1935–2020)English footballer and manager
Dave Charlton (1936–2013)English-born South African racing driver
Boy Charlton (1907–1975)Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, former world record-holder
Manny Charlton (1941–2022)British musician
Devynne Charlton (born 1995)Bahamian athlete
Thomas Charlton (born 1934)American rower

People named Charlton with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Charlton

Also a first name

Charlton has been given to 3,535 American babies as a first name since 1888, peaking in 1971. See it as a given name.

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.