Explore the Family Name Chart

The meaning of Chart

English (Surrey and Sussex): topographic name for someone who lived on a piece of rough ground or wooded land (Old English cert, ceart, ciert), or a habitational name from a place called with this word, such as The Chart (in Limpsfield) and Churt (both in Surrey) and The Chart, Chart Sutton, Seal Chart, Little and Great Chart (all in Kent).

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How common is the last name Chart in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname 'Chart' has seen a slight decline between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked as the 100,663rd most common surname, but by 2010, it had dropped to the 109,758th position, marking a decrease of 9.04%. The actual count of people with this surname also decreased from 166 in 2000 to 161 in 2010, a drop of 3.01%. Similarly, the proportion of people named 'Chart' per 100,000 population fell by 16.67% over the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#100,663	#109,758	-9.04%
Count	166	161	-3.01%
Proportion per 100k	0.06	0.05	-16.67%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Chart

When it comes to the ethnic identity associated with the surname 'Chart', there have been some significant shifts between 2000 and 2010, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. In 2000, approximately 93.98% of individuals with this surname identified as White, but by 2010, this percentage had decreased to 88.20%. Meanwhile, the percentage identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander had increased dramatically from 4.22% to 10.56% during the same time frame. There were no individuals with the surname 'Chart' who identified as being of two or more races, Hispanic, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in neither 2000 nor 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	93.98%	88.2%	-6.15%
Asian/Pacific Islander	4.22%	10.56%	150.24%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%